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    ein Spiel zocken

    Grammar & Usage

    verb phrase
    casual / colloquial

    How it works

    This phrase consists of the indefinite accusative direct object 'ein Spiel' (a game) and the colloquial weak verb 'zocken' (to game/gamble). The verb inflects regularly (zockt, zockte, hat gezockt) and places the object before the verb in subordinate clauses or after the finite verb in main clauses.

    Sample sentences

    Hast du heute Abend Lust, ein Spiel zu zocken?

    Do you feel like playing a game tonight?

    Wir haben das ganze Wochenende lang ein neues Spiel gezockt.

    We played a new game all weekend long.

    Lass uns zusammen ein Spiel auf der Konsole zocken.

    Let's play a game on the console together.

    Quick facts

    etymology:Derived from Rotwelsch/Yiddish 'schocken' / 'tzoklen' (to gamble), but evolved in modern German to refer primarily to playing video games.
    connotation:Primarily refers to video games among younger speakers, though it can still contextually mean gambling for money.
    verbConjugation:Regular weak verb: ich zocke, du zockst, er zockt; Perfekt: hat gezockt

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    Example

    Hast du heute Abend Lust, ein Spiel zu zocken?

    Do you feel like playing a game tonight?

    Wir haben das ganze Wochenende lang ein neues Spiel gezockt.

    We played a new game all weekend long.

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