mäkeln

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See also: Makeln

German

Etymology

Borrowed from German Low German [Term?]. The verb originally means “do business” and pertains to Makler (broker). It is not necessarily, however, the origin of this latter noun, whose attestations are significantly older. Rather it seems to be a back-formation. The further semantic development of the verb via “to haggle”, probably reinforced by unrelated Makel (fault).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɛːkəln/, /ˈmɛːkl̩n/
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Verb

mäkeln (weak, third-person singular present mäkelt, past tense mäkelte, past participle gemäkelt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (intransitive) to nag; to find fault with Template:+preo

Conjugation

Derived terms

Further reading

  • mäkeln” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • mäkeln” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • mäkeln” in Duden online