kritteln

Significat (Anglès)

to quibble, cavil, nitpick

Sinònims

nörgeln

herumkritteln

herumkritisieren

meckern

pöbeln

nörgeln, kritteln

schikanieren

Traduccions

quibble

criticar

ergoter

chicaneren

chicane

épiloguer

criticar

chicanar

sofismar

bahane aramak

μεμψιμοιρώ

kusur bulmak

μικρολογώ

cavil

Dialectes

Basilea-Camp

gryttele

Basilea-Camp

grytle

Basilea-Camp

näggele

Basilea-Camp

niggele

Dades proporcionades per: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈkrɪtəln/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Cognat amb neerlandès: greten

Cognat amb alt alemany mitjà: graz

In summary

From gritteln (“to irritate, bicker, rebuke, nitpick”, 17th c.), which is plausibly an iterative form of Middle Low German gretten (“to anger, irritate”). Compare Dutch greten (“to irritate, mock, laugh at”). These are cognate with Middle High German graz (“rage”). Variants with k- occur also in Dutch and Low German. They were reinforced, however, through influence of Kritik (“criticism”), kritisieren (“to criticise”), with which the German verb is generally associated.