wühlen

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German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German wüelen, from Old High German wuolen, from Proto-Germanic *wōlijaną (to ruin, destroy), related to *wallaną (to well up). Cognate with Luxembourgish wullen, Vilamovian wiła, Dutch woelen.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈvyːlən/, [ˈvyːl̩n]
  • (file)
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: wüh‧len

Verb[edit]

wühlen (weak, third-person singular present wühlt, past tense wühlte, past participle gewühlt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to rummage, to grub
  2. to dig, to burrow, to tunnel
  3. (figuratively, politics) to agitate

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Further reading[edit]

  • wühlen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • wühlen” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • wühlen” in Duden online
  • wühlen” in OpenThesaurus.de