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kritzeln

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German

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Etymology

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Diminutive of Middle High German kritzen, from Old High German krizzōn (to scratch), probably from the root of modern kratzen (to scratch).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkʁɪtsl̩n/, /ˈkʁɪtsəln/
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

Verb

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kritzeln (weak, third-person singular present kritzelt, past tense kritzelte, past participle gekritzelt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to scribble (write carelessly)
  2. to scrawl (write irregularly)
    Synonym: krakeln
  3. to write in very small letters

Conjugation

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References

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

Further reading

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  • kritzeln”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[1] (in German)
  • kritzeln” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • kritzeln” in Duden online
  • kritzeln” in OpenThesaurus.de