radebrechen

Meaning

1. (class-4, strong, weak) to smatter, to butcher (speak a language with very limited knowledge)
2. (archaic, class-4, strong, weak) to break on the wheel

Concepts

smatter

break on the wheel

speak broken English

Synonyms

mixen

oberflächlich reden

brabbeln

nuscheln

unverständlich sein

Kauderwelsch reden

die Zähne nicht auseinander bekommen

kaum zu verstehen sein

etwas in den Bart murmeln

ein Kauderwelsch sprechen

etwas daherbrabbeln

Translations

başını gözünü yararak konuşmak

rouer

baragouiner

masticare

arrotare

maltrattare

storpiare

xampurrejar

charlar

chapurrar

chapurrear

enrodar

parlotear

radbraken

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

kuuderwältsche

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʁaːdəˌbʁɛçən/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: radebrechen

In summary

From Middle High German radebrechen (“break on the wheel”), equivalent to Rad (“wheel”) + brechen (“to break”). The sense of “torturing a language” by speaking it badly is recorded from the end of the 16th century.