knuddeln

See also: knüddeln

German

Etymology

From Central German and German Low German [Term?] dialects; derived from a group of words meaning “knob, knot”. Compare Ripuarian Central Franconian Knöddel (“knot”), Middle Dutch knodde (“knob”). These words belong to the large group of stems related with Knoten (“knot”). The original sense of the verb is “to embrace tightly”; compare English squeeze in the same sense.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈknʊdəln/, [ˈknʊdəln], [ˈknʊdl̩n]
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Verb

knuddeln (weak, third-person singular present knuddelt, past tense knuddelte, past participle geknuddelt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to cuddle

Conjugation

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Derived terms

Further reading
  • “knuddeln” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “knuddeln” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “knuddeln” in Duden online
  • “knuddeln” in OpenThesaurus.de
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