rangeln
German
Etymology
From the intensive/iterative formation of (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle High German rangen (“to strive with desire”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Middle Low German wrangen (“to struggle, to fight”). Compare English wrangle and Low German wrangeln.
Pronunciation
Verb
- (intransitive) to wrestle, to scrabble (with someone)
- 1997, J.K. Rowling, HARRY POTTER und der Stein der Weisen, page 3:
- Mrs Dursley mit dem schreienden Dudley rangelte ihn in seinen Hochstuhl zwängte.
- Mrs. Dudley wrestled a screaming Dudley into his high chair.
- Mrs Dursley mit dem schreienden Dudley rangelte ihn in seinen Hochstuhl zwängte.
- 1997, J.K. Rowling, HARRY POTTER und der Stein der Weisen, page 3:
- (intransitive) (figurative) to jockey, to wrangle (with someone)