broddelen

Dutch

Etymology

From brodden (“to mess up”) +‎ -elen.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbrɔ.də.lə(n)/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: brod‧de‧len
  • Rhymes: -ɔdələn

Verb

broddelen

  1. (intransitive, transitive) to bumble, to mess up (one's handcrafted work) (generally relating to handicraft) [from 16th c.]
    Synonyms: brodden, knoeien, prutsen
  2. (intransitive, linguistics) to speak incomprehensibly with incorrect grammar [from 20th c.]

Conjugation

Conjugation of broddelen (weak)
infinitive broddelen
past singular broddelde
past participle gebroddeld
infinitive broddelen
gerund broddelen n
present tense past tense
1st person singular broddel broddelde
2nd person sing. (jij) broddelt, broddel2 broddelde
2nd person sing. (u) broddelt broddelde
2nd person sing. (gij) broddelt broddelde
3rd person singular broddelt broddelde
plural broddelen broddelden
subjunctive sing.1 broddele broddelde
subjunctive plur.1 broddelen broddelden
imperative sing. broddel
imperative plur.1 broddelt
participles broddelend gebroddeld
1) Archaic. 2) In case of inversion.

Derived terms

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