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nörgeln

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German

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Of Central German origin. According to Pfeifer, from an onomatopoeic Proto-Indo-European *(s)nur- (to grumble), along with schnarchen, schnarren, and schnurren, and cognate with Dutch nurken (to growl), as well as, outside Germanic, Lithuanian niauróti (to hum), niurnė́ti (to murmur, growl), snarglỹs (nasal mucus), Latvian nurrāt (to purr), nirgt (to show one's teeth), nerkstēt (to whine, moan).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈnœʁɡl̩n/
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Verb

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nörgeln (weak, third-person singular present nörgelt, past tense nörgelte, past participle genörgelt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to nag, grumble

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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References

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

Further reading

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