schmuddeln

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German

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Etymology

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Since the 17th century. Borrowed from German Low German smuddeln, iterative of smudden.[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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schmuddeln (weak, third-person singular present schmuddelt, past tense schmuddelte, past participle geschmuddelt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (colloquial, derogatory, intransitive) to work sloppily and make things dirty in the process thereof
  2. (colloquial, derogatory, intransitive) to become dirty
  3. (colloquial, derogatory, intransitive, impersonal) to rain and be cold

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Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “schmuddeln”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

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