knuddeln

Significat (Anglès)

to cuddle

Conceptes

acaronar

Sinònims

drücken

herzen

kuscheln

liebkosen

ankuscheln

Traduccions

cuddle

hug

caliner

câliner

coccolare

knuffelen

acariciar

abrazar

cullare

🪨

afagar

kucaklamak

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈknʊdəln/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Cognat amb neerlandès mitjà: knodde

Cognat amb anglès: canoodle

In summary

From Central German and German Low German [Term?] dialects; derived from a group of words meaning “knob, knot”. Compare Ripuarian Central Franconian Knöddel (“knot”), Middle Dutch knodde (“knob”). These words belong to the large group of stems related with Knoten (“knot”). The original sense of the verb is “to embrace tightly”; compare English canoodle in the same sense.