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pulen.

to pick, to pull (to try to dislodge or remove something small with one's fingers, especially laboriously so)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

verb/ˈpuːlən/
  1. to pick, to pull (to try to dislodge or remove something small with one's fingers, especially laboriously so)

    Northern-Germany · especially · informal · transitive · weak
    an etwas pulen
  2. to shell (to separate the meat of a crustacean from its shell)

    Northern-Germany · especially · transitive · weak
    gepulte Krabben
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from German Low German and Middle Low German pulen (“to pull out”), ultimately related to Old English pullian (“to pluck out, pull”).

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