"blaumachen" in English Blaumachen {n} skiving blaumachen {v.i.} to skip work to skive off work to take/pull/throw a sickie to play hookey/hooky from work to skive to skive off to be on the skive to goof off Detailed translations for "blaumachen" das Blaumachen{neuter} Blaumachen(also: Schwänzen) skiving blaumachen{intransitive verb} 1. colloquial blaumachen(also: krankfeiern, krankmachen) to skip work blaumachen(also: krankfeiern, krankmachen) to skive off work blaumachen(also: krankfeiern, krankmachen) to take/pull/throw a sickie blaumachen(also: krankfeiern, krankmachen) to play hookey/hooky from work 2. unentschuldigt fehlen blaumachen(also: schwänzen) to skive blaumachen(also: schwänzen) to skive off blaumachen(also: schwänzen) to be on the skive blaumachen(also: schwänzen) to goof off