muddle

(Englisch)

Verb

1. To mix together, to mix up; to confuse.
2. To mash slightly for use in a cocktail.
3. To dabble in mud.
4. To make turbid or muddy.
5. To think and act in a confused, aimless way.
6. To cloud or stupefy; to render stupid with liquor; to intoxicate partially.
7. To waste or misuse, as one does who is stupid or intoxicated.

Noun

1. A mixture; a confusion; a garble.
2. A mixture of crushed ingredients, as prepared with a muddler.
3. (archaic) A muddy mess.

Noun

A servant's attendant; underservant.

Ausgesprochen als (IPA)

/ˈmʌdl̩/

Etymologie (Englisch)

Geerbt von Mittelenglisch: modelen

Verwandt mit Niederländisch: modder

Verwandt mit Deutsch: Kuddelmuddel

In summary

From Middle English modelen (attested in present participle modeland (“wallowing”)), from Middle Dutch moddelen (“to make muddy”), from modde, mod (“mud”) (Modern Dutch modder). By surface analysis, mud + -le. Compare German Kuddelmuddel.

Konzepte

Durcheinander

verwirren

Wirrwarr

-

vermasseln

Kuddelmuddel

Schlamassel

durcheinanderbringen

Wust

Wirrwarr -s

Schlamastik

Unordnung

Kuddelmuddel -s

Synonyme

mess

confusion

jumble

confuse

tangle

disorder

bewilder

clutter

puddle

fuddle

muss

mix-up

obfuscate

chaos

shemozzle

pother

mix up

mess up

entanglement

disconcert

smother

disarrangement

disarrange

snafu

welter

disarray

kettle of fish

fix

pickle

perplex

roil

embarrass

embroilment

scrape

mix

distract

complicate

jam

addle

hole

🕳️

mare’s nest

mull

shambles

discompose

discomfit

discombobulate

bungle

bedim

botch

hash

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Übersetzungen

pasticcio

🥧

embrouillamini

lío

désordre

confusione

imbroglio

disordine

embrollo

guaio

warboel

confundir

guazzabuglio

gâchis

imbrogliare

confusion