klüngeln

Significado (Inglés)

  1. (Germany, Western, weak) to be slow; to delay; to dawdle
  2. (Germany, Western, weak) to chat, chatter (often in confidence, or seemingly so)
  3. (weak) to engage in nepotism and corruption

Sinónimos

Vetternwirtschaft betreiben

man hilft sich gegenseitig z. beidseitigen Vorteil

manus manum lavat

heimliche Absprachen treffen

unlautere Geschäfte machen

Pronunciado como (IPA)
/ˈklʏŋəln/
Etimología (Inglés)

In summary

From Low and Central Franconian klöngele. Derived from the noun at hand in Klüngel, originally meaning “ball of wool”. Cognate with Dutch klungelen (“to bungle; to dawdle”).

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