aufdröseln
German
Etymology
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
- IPA(key): /ˈaʊ̯fˌdʁøːzəln/, [ˈaʊ̯fˌdʁøːzəln], [ˈaʊ̯fˌdʁøːzl̩n]
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: auf‧drö‧seln
Verb
- to feaze; to untwist; to disentangle; to unravel (concrete and figurative)
Conjugation
See also
Further reading
- “aufdröseln” in Duden online
- “aufdröseln” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache