schwurbeln

German

Etymology

Variant of schwirbeln, originally "to swirl, to move in a circle".

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃvʊʁbəln/
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Verb

schwurbeln (weak, third-person singular present schwurbelt, past tense schwurbelte, past participle geschwurbelt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (colloquial, derogatory) to blather; to talk nonsense; to convolute
  2. (colloquial, derogatory, by extension) to argue on the basis of esoteric or conspiratorial thinking
  3. (uncommon) to swirl; to whirl
    Synonym: wirbeln

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Further reading

  • schwurbeln” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • schwurbeln” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon