quälen
Meaning
- to torture, to torment, to agonize
- to cause sorrow, to upset, to worry
- to harass, to bother
- to toil, to struggle
Concepts
be provocative
chevvy
make suffer
work someone hard
inflict pain
Synonyms
Herzeleid verursachen
Leid verursachen
zu schaffen machen
übel mitspielen
nervös machen
schlecht behandeln
schwer arbeiten
sich abmühen
sich anstrengen
sich bemühen
auf die Nerven fallen
grausam behandeln
nicht in Ruhe lassen
Unheil bringen
unter Druck setzen
Schmerz zufügen
vexieren
torquieren
Kummer bereiten
Frequency
Dialects
Basel-Landschaft
blooge
Basel-Landschaft
gweele
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkvɛːlən/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German queln, from Old High German quellen, from Proto-West Germanic *kwalljan, from Proto-Germanic *kwaljaną. The vowel was lengthened in modern German under the influence of the related noun Qual. Cognates include Dutch kwellen, English quell, Old Norse kvelja, and further Old Church Slavonic жаль (žalĭ, “pain”), Old Armenian կեղ (keł, “sore, ulcer”).
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