mäkeln
Betekenis (Engels)
to nag; to find fault with
Sinonieme
sich kritisch äußern
Kritik üben an
bekritteln
bemäkeln
mosern
herumkritisieren
rummeckern
herummotzen
rummotzen
rummaulen
herummaulen
unzufrieden äußern
herumnörgeln
herummäkeln
herummeckern
Vertalings
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/ˈmɛːkəln/
Etimologie (Engels)
Borrowed from German Low German [Term?]. The verb originally means “do business” and pertains to Makler (“broker”). It is not necessarily, however, the origin of this latter noun, whose attestations are significantly older. Rather it seems to be a back-formation. The further semantic development of the verb via “to haggle”, probably reinforced by unrelated Makel (“fault”).
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