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vernachelen.

to con, to scam, to deceive

11 characters4 syllables approx.Nederlands language

Meaning & usage

verb/vərˈnɑ.xə.lə(n)/
  1. to con, to scam, to deceive

    transitive
  2. to mess up, to waste, to destroy

    transitive
Where this word comes from

Possibly from nagel (“nail”); compare (Rotwelsch) German nageln (“to fuck”). With the prefix ver-, the semantics of this word would then be comparable to verneuken (“to fuck up”). A Yiddish origin has also been supposed.

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