die Kurve kriegen

German

Alternative forms

  • die Kurve bekommen (less common)

Etymology

Literally, to get the curve.

Pronunciation

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Verb

die Kurve kriegen (weak, third-person singular present kriegt die Kurve, past tense kriegte die Kurve, past participle die Kurve gekriegt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (colloquial) to get one's act together
    • 1997, “Sie wollen uns erzählen”, in Es ist egal, aber, performed by Tocotronic:
      Und sie sind schon zufrieden / Wenn wir die Kurve kriegen
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

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