besudeln

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German besudeln, besodeln, besodelen, equivalent to be- +‎ Sudel (“puddle; muck”), from Middle Low German sudde (“swamp; marsh”). Akin to Middle High German sutte (“puddle; mudhole”), Old English ġesyd (“wallowing hole”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bəˈzuːdl̩n/ Rhymes: -uːdl̩n === Verb === besudeln (weak, third-person singular present besudelt, past tense besudelte, past participle besudelt, auxiliary haben) (transitive) to sully ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Dutch: bezoedelenAfrikaans: besoedel === Further reading === “besudeln” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “besudeln” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “besudeln” in Duden online “besudeln” in OpenThesaurus.de