daddeln

Significat (Anglès)

1. (Northern-Germany, colloquial, weak) to play (a slot machine or video game)
2. (broadly, weak) to play anything (e.g. a musical instrument) carelessly

Sinònims

spielen

zocken

gamen

Traduccions

play

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈdadəln/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Manllevat de baix alemany: daddeln

Cognat amb alemany: dadern

Cognat amb neerlandès: tateren

Cognat amb anglès: tattle

In summary

20th century, from Low German daddeln, also dadeln, tateln (“to stutter, gabble, cackle”), of onomatopoeic origin. Compare archaic German dadern, Dutch tateren, tatelen, English tattle. Originally said of the choppy sounds of slot machines.