munkeln
German
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle Low German munkelen (“to speak in private”). Further origin unknown, possibly onomatopoetic.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈmʊŋkəln/, [ˈmʊŋkəln], [ˈmʊŋkl̩n]
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Verb
munkeln (weak, third-person singular present munkelt, past tense munkelte, past participle gemunkelt, auxiliary haben)
- (chiefly impersonal) to rumour/rumor
- Man munkelt, dass...
- One rumored that...
- Es wird gemunkelt, dass...
- Rumour has it that...
- (rather rare) to whisper; to mutter; to speak in private
- Im Dunkeln ist gut munkeln.
- The night is the right [time] to whisper in private. (A common saying, most often used in romantic contexts.)
Conjugation
Conjugation of munkeln (weak, auxiliary haben)
| infinitive | munkeln | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| present participle | munkelnd | ||||
| past participle | gemunkelt | ||||
| auxiliary | haben | ||||
| indicative | subjunctive | ||||
| present | ich munkle ich munkele ich munkel |
wir munkeln | i | ich munkele ich munkle |
wir munkeln |
| du munkelst | ihr munkelt | du munkelest du munklest |
ihr munkelet ihr munklet | ||
| er munkelt | sie munkeln | er munkele er munkle |
sie munkeln | ||
| preterite | ich munkelte | wir munkelten | ii | ich munkelte1 | wir munkelten1 |
| du munkeltest | ihr munkeltet | du munkeltest1 | ihr munkeltet1 | ||
| er munkelte | sie munkelten | er munkelte1 | sie munkelten1 | ||
| imperative | munkle (du) munkel (du) munkele (du) |
munkelt (ihr) | |||
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of munkeln (weak, auxiliary haben)
Further reading
- “munkeln” in Duden online
- “munkeln” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- Friedrich Kluge (1883), “munkeln”, in , John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
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