sudeln

German

From Middle High German sudelen, derived Middle High German sudel (“puddle”) +‎ -en, a noun still known in the 20th century as Sudel m, from Proto-Germanic *seud- (“mud; soil”), from Proto-Indo-European *sew- (“moisture”). Cognate with Old English gesyd (“wallow”).

sudeln (weak, third-person singular present sudelt, past tense sudelte, past participle gesudelt, auxiliary haben)

(intransitive, archaic) to wash, to work in the scullery
(intransitive) to make a mess, to spill a liquid
Synonyms: kleckern, klecksen
(intransitive) to scribble, to scrawl (to write in an irregular or illegible manner)
Synonym: schmieren
(intransitive) to botch
Synonym: pfuschen

Conjugation of sudeln (weak, auxiliary haben)

	singular	plural		singular	plural
infinitive		sudeln
present participle		sudelnd
past participle		gesudelt
auxiliary		haben
	indicative			subjunctive
present	ich sudle ich sudele ich sudel	wir sudeln	i	ich sudele ich sudle	wir sudeln
	du sudelst	ihr sudelt		du sudelest du sudlest	ihr sudelet ihr sudlet
	er sudelt	sie sudeln		er sudele er sudle	sie sudeln

preterite	ich sudelte	wir sudelten	ii	ich sudelte¹	wir sudelten¹
	du sudeltest	ihr sudeltet		du sudeltest¹	ihr sudeltet¹
	er sudelte	sie sudelten		er sudelte¹	sie sudelten¹

imperative	sudle (du) sudel (du) sudele (du)	sudelt (ihr)

¹Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.

Composed forms of sudeln (weak, auxiliary haben)