sudeln
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German sudelen, derived Middle High German sudel (“puddle”) + -en, a noun still known in the 20th century as Sudel m, from Proto-Germanic *seud- (“mud; soil”), from Proto-Indo-European *sew- (“moisture”). Cognate with Old English gesyd (“wallow”).
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): /ˈzuːdl̩n/ (prescriptive standard)
- IPA(key): /ˈsuːdl̩n/ (Austrian standard)
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: su‧deln
- Rhymes: -uːdl̩n
Verb edit
sudeln (weak, third-person singular present sudelt, past tense sudelte, past participle gesudelt, auxiliary haben)
- (intransitive, archaic) to wash, to work in the scullery
- (intransitive) to make a mess, to spill a liquid
- (intransitive) to scribble, to scrawl (to write in an irregular or illegible manner)
- Synonym: schmieren
- (intransitive) to botch
- Synonym: pfuschen
Conjugation edit
infinitive | sudeln | ||||
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present participle | sudelnd | ||||
past participle | gesudelt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich sudle ich sudele ich sudel |
wir sudeln | i | ich sudele ich sudle |
wir sudeln |
du sudelst | ihr sudelt | du sudelest du sudlest |
ihr sudelet ihr sudlet | ||
er sudelt | sie sudeln | er sudele er sudle |
sie sudeln | ||
preterite | ich sudelte | wir sudelten | ii | ich sudelte1 | wir sudelten1 |
du sudeltest | ihr sudeltet | du sudeltest1 | ihr sudeltet1 | ||
er sudelte | sie sudelten | er sudelte1 | sie sudelten1 | ||
imperative | sudle (du) sudel (du) sudele (du) |
sudelt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- “sudeln” in Duden online
- “sudeln” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “sudeln” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.