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er schuftet

works hard, toils

→ schuften
schuft to toil, to slave away + et Present-tense ending for you plural or he/she/it; also used for the you-plural subjunctive and imperative
verb · 3rd-person singular, present tense / 2nd-person plural, present tense / 2nd-person plural Rare #49,109
works hard, toils Colloquial; often suggests exhausting or unpleasant hard work.
GE: Sie schuftet jeden Tag auf dem Feld.
EN: She toils in the fields every day.
Conjugation of schuften
Indicative present
SingularPlural
First — schuften
Second — schuftet
Third schuftet schuften
Subjunctive present
SingularPlural
First — schuften
Second — schuftet
Third — schuften
Imperative
SingularPlural
Second — schuftet

Wenn man arbeitet, um zu leben, warum schuftet man sich dann zu Tode?

If you work to live, why work yourself to death?

— Zwei glorreiche Halunken (1966)

Dane schuftet für sein Brot.

Dane works hard to earn his bread.

— The Rip (2026)

Für euch schuftet sich euer Vater den ganzen Tag ab.

Your father works hard all day for you.