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krakeln

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German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German Low German [Term?] and Central German dialects. Possibly related with Middle Low German krōken (“to fold”) and/or early modern German Krakel (“brittle branch”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkʁaːkəln/
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

Verb

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krakeln (weak, third-person singular present krakelt, past tense krakelte, past participle gekrakelt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to scrawl (write irregularly)
    Synonym: kritzeln

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • “krakeln”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)
  • “krakeln” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon