schwindeln
German
Etymology
From Middle High German swindeln, from Old High German swintilōn, from Proto-Germanic *swindlōną, from Proto-Germanic *swindaną.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃvɪndl̩n/, /ˈʃvɪndəln/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: schwin‧deln
Verb
schwindeln (weak, third-person singular present schwindelt, past tense schwindelte, past participle geschwindelt, auxiliary haben)
- (intransitive) to tell harmless lies
- Synonym: flunkern
- (intransitive) to make harmless trickeries
Usage notes
- The verb now almost exclusively refers to harmless cases, but the noun Schwindel can refer to punishable acts (e.g. Etikettenschwindel, Heiratsschwindel, etc.).
Conjugation
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Derived terms
- Schwindeln, Schwindler, Schwindelei, Geschwindel, Schwindel
- schwindelnd, geschwindelt
- beschwindeln, erschwindeln
Further reading
- “schwindeln” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “schwindeln” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “schwindeln” in Duden online
- “schwindeln” in OpenThesaurus.de
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