aufdröseln

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Etymology[edit]

With dialectal or hypercorrect d- from earlier (auf)tröseln. A German Low German and Central German word meaning “to turn; to untwist”. Compare Dutch treuzelen.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈaʊ̯fˌdʁøːzəln/, [ˈaʊ̯fˌdʁøːzəln], [ˈaʊ̯fˌdʁøːzl̩n]
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  • Hyphenation: auf‧drö‧seln

Verb[edit]

aufdröseln (weak, third-person singular present dröselt auf, past tense dröselte auf, past participle aufgedröselt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to feaze; to untwist; to disentangle; to unravel (concrete and figurative)

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