stempeln

Etymology
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Verb

 * 1) to stamp
 * 2) to postmark
 * 3)  to  clock in, clock on , to punch in ;  to clock out , clock off , to punch out  to enter or leave a workplace by punching a time card

Usage notes

 * "stempeln" or "stempeln gehen" (to go stamp) also may mean to have no job and to get help from the state (so called "Stempelgeld" = "Arbeitslosengeld") for unemployed people.