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schwindeln
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German
Etymology
From Middle High German swindeln, from Old High German swintilōn, from Proto-West Germanic *swindilōn, from Proto-Germanic *swindlōną, from *swindaną.
Pronunciation
Verb
schwindeln (weak, third-person singular present schwindelt, past tense schwindelte, past participle geschwindelt, auxiliary haben)
- (impersonal, with dative or (rare) accusative) to be dizzy
- mir schwindelt (es)
- I am feeling dizzy
- (intransitive) to tell harmless lies
- Synonym: flunkern
- (intransitive) to make harmless trickeries
- (reflexive, often with durch (“through”)) cheat, get somewhere or achieve something illegitimately
Usage notes
- The sense "tell lies" now almost exclusively refers to harmless cases, but the noun Schwindel can refer to punishable acts (e.g. Etikettenschwindel, Heiratsschwindel, etc.).
Conjugation
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
- Schwindeln, Schwindler, Schwindelei, Geschwindel, Schwindel
- schwindelig
- schwindelnd, geschwindelt
- beschwindeln, erschwindeln
Further reading
- “schwindeln” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “schwindeln” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “schwindeln” in Duden online
- “schwindeln” in OpenThesaurus.de
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