kaputtgehen — meaning in English

English meaning

• break verb To separate something into pieces by force, often suddenly.
• Fritz noun Informal: a broken or malfunctioning state, almost always used in the phrase "on the fritz".
• go verb To move or travel from one place toward another.

Senses

kaputtgehen is used for these senses in English:

• break (transitive, intransitive) To stop, or to cause to stop, functioning properly or altogether.
• break (intransitive, of a voice) To alter in type due to emotion or strain: in men, generally to go up, in women, sometimes to go down; to crack.
• break down (ergative, figuratively) To render or to become unstable due to stress, to collapse physically or mentally.
• fritz (intransitive) To go wrong or become defective.
• go To turn out, to result; to come to (a certain result).
• go (intransitive) To be given, especially to be assigned or allotted.

break — full definition

1. verb To separate something into pieces by force, often suddenly.
2. verb To stop working properly; to malfunction.
3. verb To fail to keep (a promise, rule, or law).
4. verb To interrupt or bring an end to something continuous.
5. noun A short pause or rest from an activity.

Fritz — full definition

1. noun Informal: a broken or malfunctioning state, almost always used in the phrase "on the fritz".
2. verb Informal: to stop working properly; to malfunction.

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