klungelen

Dutch

Etymology

Derived from klungel (worthless object, lump, ball of wool), from the same source as German Kolben (piston, butt of a rifle). Cognate with western German klüngeln (to dawdle; to chatter; to engage in nepotism).

Pronunciation

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Verb

klungelen

  1. to bungle
    Synonyms: knoeien, prutsen
  2. to dawdle, waste time

Inflection

Inflection of klungelen (weak)
infinitive klungelen
past singular klungelde
past participle geklungeld
infinitive klungelen
gerund klungelen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular klungelklungelde
2nd person sing. (jij) klungeltklungelde
2nd person sing. (u) klungeltklungelde
2nd person sing. (gij) klungeltklungelde
3rd person singular klungeltklungelde
plural klungelenklungelden
subjunctive sing.1 klungeleklungelde
subjunctive plur.1 klungelenklungelden
imperative sing. klungel
imperative plur.1 klungelt
participles klungelendgeklungeld
1) Archaic.

Derived terms

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