Jump to content

nesteln

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary

German

[edit]

Etymology

[edit]

From Old High German nesteln. Cognate with Middle Low German nestelen (to fiddle, lace). Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *nastilu and very distantly related to English lanyard.

Pronunciation

[edit]
  • IPA(key): [ˈnɛstl̩n]
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

Verb

[edit]

nesteln (weak, third-person singular present nestelt, past tense nestelte, past participle genestelt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to fumble, fiddle [with an (+ dative)]
    Synonym: fummeln

Conjugation

[edit]

Derived terms

[edit]
[edit]

See also

[edit]

Further reading

[edit]
  • nesteln”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[1] (in German)
  • nesteln” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon