kritteln

Signification (Anglais)

to quibble, cavil, nitpick

Concepts

ergoter

chicane

épiloguer

Synonymes

nörgeln

herumkritteln

herumkritisieren

meckern

pöbeln

nörgeln, kritteln

schikanieren

Traductions

criticar

quibble

chicaneren

find fault

criticar

chicanar

sofismar

bahane aramak

μεμψιμοιρώ

kusur bulmak

μικρολογώ

cavil

Dialectes

canton de Bâle-Campagne

gryttele

canton de Bâle-Campagne

grytle

canton de Bâle-Campagne

näggele

canton de Bâle-Campagne

niggele

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Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈkrɪtəln/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Appartenant à néerlandais: greten

Appartenant à moyen haut-allemand: 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.