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sprokkelen.

to glean. To harvest what has been left

10 characters3 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

verb
  1. to glean. To harvest what has been left

    intransitive · transitive
  2. to gather brushwood

    archaic · intransitive · transitive
  3. to gather small stuff without paying for it

    intransitive · transitive
  4. to cheat (in competitions)

    intransitive
Where this word comes from

From Middle Dutch sprockelen, a derivation from Middle Dutch sproc (“twig, faggot”) (whence sporkehout (“alder buckthorn”) and sprok (“brittle, fragile”)), with the frequentative verbal suffix -elen. Alternatively analyzable as sprokkel + -en, but Middle Dutch sprockel is attested more sparsely and later than sproc and sprockelen, so it may actually be a back-formation from this verb.

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