kitzeln

German

Etymology

From Middle High German kitzeln, from Old High German kizzilōn, from Proto-West Germanic *kitilōn. Cognate with Hunsrik kitzle, Luxembourgish këddelen, English kittle.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɪt͡səln/, [ˈkɪt͡sl̩n]
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Verb

kitzeln (weak, third-person singular present kitzelt, past tense kitzelte, past participle gekitzelt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to tickle
    Das kitzelt!That tickles!

Conjugation

Further reading

  • kitzeln” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • kitzeln” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • kitzeln” in Duden online
  • kitzeln” in OpenThesaurus.de
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