Stuhlgang haben

German

Etymology

Hospital slang, because patients are sometimes put on a chair with a hole in the seat when they need to defecate.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃtuːlɡaŋ ˈhaːbm̩/

Verb

Stuhlgang haben (irregular, third-person singular present hat Stuhlgang, past tense hatte Stuhlgang, past participle Stuhlgang gehabt, past subjunctive hätte Stuhlgang, auxiliary haben)

  1. (idiomatic) to defecate, or to be able to
    Und Herr Simmtzig, hatten Sie heute schon Stuhlgang?
    And Mr. Simmtzig, have you defecated today yet?

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