tegenspartelen
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compound of tegen (“against”) + spartelen (“to struggle; to splash”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]tegenspartelen
- (intransitive) to resist by struggling, to flounder in resistance
- Synonym: tegenstribbelen
Usage notes
[edit]Strongly connotes that the resistance is (ultimately) ineffective.