täubele
Alemannic German
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editProbably derived from the concurrently existing tobe (“to throw a fit”), from Middle High German toben, from Old High German tobēn, tobōn from Proto-West Germanic *dobēn (“to rage, to be crazy”), by applying the same suffix that can be observed in (ume)gängele and (ume)blödele which also describe an incessant and annoying activity. Compare also with the German frequentative and/or diminutive verb ending -eln.
Verb
edittäubele
Derived terms
edit- Täubeler (agent noun)
- Täubelerei (abstract noun)
Descendants
edit- → German: täubeln (sometimes used in Swiss High German print media)
Further reading
edit- Schweizerisches Idiotikon. Wörterbuch der schweizerdeutschen Sprache[1] (in German), volume 12, 1961, column 85