nuscheln
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See also: Nuscheln
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /ˈnʊʃəln/ (official standard)
- IPA(key): /ˈnʊʒəln/ (more common, at least in the northern half of the language area)
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Verb
[edit]nuscheln (weak, third-person singular present nuschelt, past tense nuschelte, past participle genuschelt, auxiliary haben)
- to mumble (to speak unclearly, with poor enunciation)
- Das ist kein Dialekt, das ist nur genuscheltes Hochdeutsch.
- This is not a dialect, it’s just mumbled standard German.
Usage notes
[edit]- Nuscheln is distinct from murmeln (“to speak with insufficient audibility”).
- The verbs nuscheln and wuscheln seem to be the only two German words of native origin in which the sound [ʒ] is heard.
Conjugation
[edit]infinitive | nuscheln | ||||
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present participle | nuschelnd | ||||
past participle | genuschelt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich nuschle ich nuschele ich nuschel |
wir nuscheln | i | ich nuschele ich nuschle |
wir nuscheln |
du nuschelst | ihr nuschelt | du nuschelest du nuschlest |
ihr nuschelet ihr nuschlet | ||
er nuschelt | sie nuscheln | er nuschele er nuschle |
sie nuscheln | ||
preterite | ich nuschelte | wir nuschelten | ii | ich nuschelte1 | wir nuschelten1 |
du nuscheltest | ihr nuscheltet | du nuscheltest1 | ihr nuscheltet1 | ||
er nuschelte | sie nuschelten | er nuschelte1 | sie nuschelten1 | ||
imperative | nuschle (du) nuschel (du) nuschele (du) |
nuschelt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.