knuddeln

Meaning

to cuddle

Concepts

cuddle

hug

Synonyms

drücken

herzen

kuscheln

liebkosen

ankuscheln

Translations

acariciar

câliner

abrazar

caliner

coccolare

knuffelen

kucaklamak

cullare

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afagar

acaronar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈknʊdəln/

Etymology

Cognate with Middle Dutch: knodde

Cognate with English: 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.