dawdle

Bedeutung (Englisch)

1. Chiefly followed by away: to spend (time) without haste or purpose.
2. To spend time idly and unfruitfully; to waste time.
3. To move or walk lackadaisically.

trödeln

nölen

schlendern

seine Zeit vertrödeln

umherbummeln

lustwandeln

seine Zeit verbummeln

herumspazieren

be slow

take a long time

take one’s time

do carelessly

idle one’s time away

wander about

lounge around

diily-dally

drag one’s feet

lounge about

Frequenz

Mit Bindestrich als

daw‧dle

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈdɔːdl̩/

The verb is possibly: * a variant of daddle (“(Britain, dialectal) to walk or work slowly, dawdle, saunter, trifle”) or doddle (“(Britain, dialectal) to walk feebly or slowly, dawdle, idle, saunter, stroll”), possibly influenced by daw (“(Britain, dialectal) lazy, good-for-nothing person, sluggard”); or * borrowed from Middle Low German dȫdelen (“to dawdle”), related to Saterland Frisian döädelje (“to dawdle”); compare also German daddeln (“to play”), German verdaddeln (“to waste (time), neglect, ruin”). The noun is derived from the verb.