knuddeln

Betekenis (Engels)

to cuddle

Concepten

knuffelen

Synoniemen

drücken

herzen

kuscheln

liebkosen

ankuscheln

Vertalingen

cuddle

hug

abrazar

acariciar

câliner

coccolare

caliner

kucaklamak

cullare

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afagar

acaronar

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈknʊdəln/

Etymologie (Engels)

Verwant aan Middelnederlands: knodde

Verwant aan Engels: 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.