svindle

Danish

Etymology

From German schwindeln. Related to svinde. English swindle, Norwegian svindle, and Swedish svindla are also borrowed from German.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsvenlə]

Verb

svindle (imperative svindl, infinitive at svindle, present tense svindler, past tense svindlede, perfect tense svindlet)

1. to swindle

   Synonyms: snyde, bedrage

Conjugation

Conjugation of svindle

active passive present svindler svindles past svindlede svindledes infinitive svindle svindles imperative svindl — participle present svindlende past svindlet (auxiliary verb have) gerund svindlen

Derived terms

• svindler
• svindleri

References

• “svindle” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “svindle” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog