German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German tengelen, related to the verb tengen, from Old High German tangol, from Proto-West Germanic *dangijan (to beat).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈdɛŋl̩n/
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  • Hyphenation: den‧geln

Verb

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dengeln (weak, third-person singular present dengelt, past tense dengelte, past participle gedengelt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to peen

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • dengeln” in Duden online
  • dengeln” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache