knuddeln

Senso (Inglese)

to cuddle

Concetti

coccolare

cullare

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sinonimi

drücken

herzen

kuscheln

liebkosen

ankuscheln

Traduzioni

cuddle

abrazar

hug

caliner

câliner

knuffelen

acariciar

kucaklamak

afagar

acaronar

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ˈknʊdəln/

Etimologia (Inglese)

Affine olandese medio: knodde

Affine inglese: canoodle

In summary

From Central German and German Low German [Term?] dialects; derived from a group of words meaning “knob, knot”. Compare Ripuarian Central Franconian Knöddel (“knot”), Middle Dutch knodde (“knob”). These words belong to the large group of stems related with Knoten (“knot”). The original sense of the verb is “to embrace tightly”; compare English canoodle in the same sense.