See also: Tunneln

German edit

Etymology edit

Tunnel +‎ -en

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈtʊnl̩n]
  • (file)

Verb edit

tunneln (weak, third-person singular present tunnelt, past tense tunnelte, past participle getunnelt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive, sports) to nutmeg; to play the ball between the legs of an opponent
    Der Stürmer hat den Torwart getunnelt.The striker nutmegged the keeper.
  2. (intransitive) to (dig a) tunnel
  3. (intransitive, physics) to tunnel (of quantum particles)
    Das Elektron tunnelt durch die Potentialbarriere.The electron tunnels through the potential barrier.
  4. (transitive, computing, networking) to tunnel

Conjugation edit

Further reading edit

  • tunneln” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • tunneln” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • tunneln” in Duden online

Swedish edit

Noun edit

tunneln

  1. definite singular of tunnel