dudeln
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Cognate with Polish dudlić (“to play the bagpipes”).[1]
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]dudeln (weak, third-person singular present dudelt, past tense dudelte, past participle gedudelt, auxiliary haben)
- (music) to play incessantly
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | dudeln | ||||
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present participle | dudelnd | ||||
past participle | gedudelt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich dudle ich dudele ich dudel |
wir dudeln | i | ich dudele ich dudle |
wir dudeln |
du dudelst | ihr dudelt | du dudelest du dudlest |
ihr dudelet ihr dudlet | ||
er dudelt | sie dudeln | er dudele er dudle |
sie dudeln | ||
preterite | ich dudelte | wir dudelten | ii | ich dudelte1 | wir dudelten1 |
du dudeltest | ihr dudeltet | du dudeltest1 | ihr dudeltet1 | ||
er dudelte | sie dudelten | er dudelte1 | sie dudelten1 | ||
imperative | dudle (du) dudel (du) dudele (du) |
dudelt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
References
[edit]- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “dudeln”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891