pulen

1. (Northern-Germany, especially, informal, transitive, weak) to pick, to pull (to try to dislodge or remove something small with one's fingers, especially laboriously so)
2. (Northern-Germany, especially, transitive, weak) to shell (to separate the meat of a crustacean from its shell)

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈpuːlən/

Etymology

Cognate with Old English: pullian

In summary

Borrowed from German Low German and Middle Low German pulen (“to pull out”), ultimately related to Old English pullian (“to pluck out, pull”).

Concepts

pod

Synonyms

wühlen

stochern

gruscheln

auslösen

kramen

gruschen

enthülsen