verhaspeln
German
Etymology
ver- + haspeln (“to reel, to wind, to spool”). Compare Dutch verhaspelen.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɛɐ̯ˈhaspl̩n/
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Verb
verhaspeln (weak, third-person singular present verhaspelt, past tense verhaspelte, past participle verhaspelt, auxiliary haben)
- (reflexive) to mangle, to mess up
- Synonyms: verstricken, verheddern, verfilzen
- (reflexive) to reproduce strangely or wrongly (mainly referring to speech)
- Synonym: versprechen
Inflection
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Further reading
- “verhaspeln” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “verhaspeln” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “verhaspeln” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “verhaspeln” in Duden online
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