daddeln
Meaning
- (Northern-Germany, colloquial, weak) to play (a slot machine or video game)
- (broadly, weak) to play anything (e.g. a musical instrument) carelessly
Concepts
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈdadəln/
Etymology
In summary
20th century, from Low German daddeln, also dadeln, tateln (“to stutter, gabble, cackle”), of onomatopoeic origin. Compare archaic German dadern, Dutch tateren, tatelen, English tattle. Originally said of the choppy sounds of slot machines.
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