orgeln
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See also: Orgeln
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German orgelen, equivalent to Orgel + -n.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]orgeln (weak, third-person singular present orgelt, past tense orgelte, past participle georgelt, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive, intransitive) to play on an organ
- (intransitive, colloquial) to emit sounds like an organ
- Der Auspuff hat die ganze Zeit georgelt, deshalb hab ich die Karre verkauft.
- The exhaust pipe soughed like an organ the whole time, therefore I sold that hooptie.
- (transitive, intransitive, colloquial) to turn and screw the tap etc.
- 2017 July 17, moskito22, “ET2 Bj.'97 - springt nicht an und weitere Mängel”, in Vespa Forum[1]:
- Die ETs sind bekannt für ihre Startschwierigkeiten, wenn sie etwas gestanden haben (=Schwimmerkammer eher leer), weil der Benzinhahn erst öffnet, wenn man etwas georgelt hat.
- The ETs are reknown for their start-up difficulties when they have stood about for some time (=float bowls rather empty), because the petrol tap only opens when one has played the organ a bit.
- (intransitive, hunting) said of a hart making his marked sound
- Synonym: röhren
- Aus der Ferne hörte ich einen Hirsch orgeln.
- From afar I heard a hart roar.
- (transitive, intransitive, vulgar) to get jiggy on, to boink
- Er war daran, sie durchzuorgeln, konnte jedoch wegen eines Anrufes nicht zu Ende orgeln.
- He was shelving her thoroughly, but owing to a call he could not shag to the end.
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | orgeln | ||||
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present participle | orgelnd | ||||
past participle | georgelt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich orgle ich orgele ich orgel |
wir orgeln | i | ich orgele ich orgle |
wir orgeln |
du orgelst | ihr orgelt | du orgelest du orglest |
ihr orgelet ihr orglet | ||
er orgelt | sie orgeln | er orgele er orgle |
sie orgeln | ||
preterite | ich orgelte | wir orgelten | ii | ich orgelte1 | wir orgelten1 |
du orgeltest | ihr orgeltet | du orgeltest1 | ihr orgeltet1 | ||
er orgelte | sie orgelten | er orgelte1 | sie orgelten1 | ||
imperative | orgle (du) orgel (du) orgele (du) |
orgelt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “orgeln” in Duden online
- “orgeln” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “orgeln” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
Swedish
[edit]Noun
[edit]orgeln
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