schwänzeln

German

Etymology

From Middle High German swenzeln.[1][2] By surface analysis, Schwanz + -eln.

Pronunciation

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Verb

schwänzeln (weak, third-person singular present schwänzelt, past tense schwänzelte, past participle geschwänzelt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to wag, wiggle

Conjugation

References

  1. Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “schwänzeln”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN
  2. schwänzeln” in Duden online

Further reading

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