I hope I got that right : rucki zucki.
I have a CD where a man said :
Das ging rucki zucki.
Later he tells how crazy is at his new job.
What exactly does it mean?
Quick google search just gave this song. Other links are mostly useless.
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Oooh, it means really quickly... I always thought that was the German equivalent of willy-nilly :)– AnnaJul 29 at 11:13
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rucki zucki
or
ruck zuck
is another way of saying sehr schnell. Here is a reference.
In English you could say
in a jiffy
or
in no time (at all)
Source: dict.cc
There even used to be a German TV game show called Ruck Zuck where (at least one part) was about answering quickly.
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Most google results were somehow related to Austria. Your link tells that this is a slang. Is this some kind of austrian slang word?– BЈовићApr 11, 2014 at 8:39
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2@BЈовић I've heard it in Germany as well, but it's kind of an old fashioned expression. You won't hear many young people (if any) use it anymore.– BazApr 11, 2014 at 8:48
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2@BЈовић He probably meant
zack zack, but yeah, you can use that as well.– BazApr 11, 2014 at 10:39 -
Bavarian here. Rucki-zucki is Southern slang (Bavaria/Austria) for „very fast“. „Zack-zack“ is the Northern/„Prussian“ equivalent. A bastardised form „racki-zacki“ exists as well. Used as a command, it means „Get on with it“ — „Aber zack-zack!“ as a slang alternative to „Aber schnell!“
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1Here in Berlin, both are used, but differently. I think your answer is wrong. Jul 31 at 12:06
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Well, I can only speak for my own cultural background. What I said is how it is perceived (and used) in Bavaria. That‘s the thing with slang, it is regionally different. But it makes no difference for the OP‘s question - in that phrase it means „it was done very fast“. Aug 1 at 18:04