daddeln
German
editEtymology
edit20th century, from Low German daddeln, also dadeln, tateln (“to stutter, gabble, cackle”), of onomatopoeic origin. Compare archaic German dadern, Dutch tateren, tatelen, English tattle. Originally said of the choppy sounds of slot machines.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editdaddeln (weak, third-person singular present daddelt, past tense daddelte, past participle gedaddelt, auxiliary haben)
- (colloquial, chiefly Northern Germany) to play (a slot machine or video game)
- 2022 December 7, Elke Wittich, “Alternativen zur Fußball-WM: Daddeln zur Sowjethymne”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz[1], →ISSN:
- Hach, das wird schön – endlich mal wieder die alten C64-Sportspiele daddeln.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (by extension) to play anything (e.g. a musical instrument) carelessly
- 2022 October 7, Jens Uthoff, quoting Frank Spilker, “„Bestimmte Systeme in Frage stellen“”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz[2], →ISSN:
- Diese Momente entstehen oft dann, wenn ich zu Hause am Klavier oder auf der Gitarre daddele und mir etwas gefällt. Dann merke ich: Das ist der Grund, warum ich da bin, warum ich am Leben bin.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Conjugation
editinfinitive | daddeln | ||||
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present participle | daddelnd | ||||
past participle | gedaddelt | ||||
auxiliary | haben | ||||
indicative | subjunctive | ||||
singular | plural | singular | plural | ||
present | ich daddle ich daddele ich daddel |
wir daddeln | i | ich daddele ich daddle |
wir daddeln |
du daddelst | ihr daddelt | du daddelest du daddlest |
ihr daddelet ihr daddlet | ||
er daddelt | sie daddeln | er daddele er daddle |
sie daddeln | ||
preterite | ich daddelte | wir daddelten | ii | ich daddelte1 | wir daddelten1 |
du daddeltest | ihr daddeltet | du daddeltest1 | ihr daddeltet1 | ||
er daddelte | sie daddelten | er daddelte1 | sie daddelten1 | ||
imperative | daddle (du) daddel (du) daddele (du) |
daddelt (ihr) |
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Derived terms
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