suhlen

Meaning

1. to wallow (roll about in mud etc.)
2. to wallow (immerse oneself in, savour, relish, especially something perceived as negative)
3. (dialectal) to soil (to make dirty)

Hyphenated as

suh‧len

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈzuːlən/

Etymology

From Middle High German süln, suln, soln, from Old High German *sullen, *solōn (attested in bisullen), from Proto-Germanic *sulwijaną, *sulwōną (“to soil, make dirty”), from Proto-Indo-European *sūl- (“thick liquid”). Cognate with English soil.