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schuften

to toil, to slave away

ˈʃ ʊ f t ə n
schuft to toil, to slave away + en we/they present-tense verb ending
verb · 1st-person plural / 3rd-person plural, present tense Rare #40,218
to toil, to slave away Colloquial; emphasizes hard or exhausting work.
GE: Wir schuften den ganzen Tag.
EN: We toil all day.
Conjugation of schuften
schuften
Indicative present
SingularPlural
First — schuften
Second — schuftet
Third schuftet schuften
Subjunctive present
SingularPlural
First — schuften
Second — schuftet
Third — schuften
Imperative
SingularPlural
Second — schuftet

Sie lassen dich schuften.

They make you work.

— Django Unchained (2012)

Lässt sie wie Sklaven schuften?

Does she make them toil like slaves?

— Dangal - Die Hoffnung auf den großen Sieg (2016)

Da muss man ganz schön schuften.

You have to work pretty hard there.

— Ali: Fear Eats the Soul (1974)

Sonst schuften wir hier noch die ganze Woche.

Otherwise we'll be working here all week.

— Manons Rache (1986)