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schmuddeln.

to work sloppily and make things dirty in the process thereof

10 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

verb
  1. to work sloppily and make things dirty in the process thereof

    colloquial · derogatory · intransitive · weak
  2. to become dirty

    colloquial · derogatory · intransitive · weak
  3. to rain and be cold

    colloquial · derogatory · impersonal · intransitive · weak
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from German Low German smuddeln, iterative of smudden (“to soil, smear, sully”), itself probably an s-mobile derivative of the root underlying modern German Moder (“decomposing mass”). Attested since the 17th century.

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