quengeln
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Etymology
Iterative to a Central German variant of zwängen (“to squeeze, force into”). Compare Central Franconian quengele, which apart from “to grizzle” also retains the literal meaning “to squeeze by pushing repeatedly”. For the onset qu- compare quer.
Pronunciation
Verb
quengeln (weak, third-person singular present quengelt, past tense quengelte, past participle gequengelt, auxiliary haben)
Conjugation
| infinitive | quengeln | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | quengelnd | ||||
| past participle | gequengelt | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
| present | ich quengle ich quengele ich quengel |
wir quengeln | i | ich quengele ich quengle |
wir quengeln |
| du quengelst | ihr quengelt | du quengelest du quenglest |
ihr quengelet ihr quenglet | ||
| er quengelt | sie quengeln | er quengele er quengle |
sie quengeln | ||
| preterite | ich quengelte | wir quengelten | ii | ich quengelte1 | wir quengelten1 |
| du quengeltest | ihr quengeltet | du quengeltest1 | ihr quengeltet1 | ||
| er quengelte | sie quengelten | er quengelte1 | sie quengelten1 | ||
| imperative | quengle (du) quengel (du) quengele (du) |
quengelt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
- Gequengel
- Quengelei
- quengelig
Further reading
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