doktern

== German == === Alternative forms === doctern (obsolete) === Etymology === From Doktor +‎ -n. Spelt with -er- after the popular pronunciation, reflected here by analogy with verbs in -ern (comparable to Google vs. googeln). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈdɔktɐn/ Hyphenation: dok‧tern === Verb === doktern (weak, third-person singular present doktert, past tense dokterte, past participle gedoktert, auxiliary haben) to make dilettantish healing efforts, either privately or as a quacksalver (by extension) to make dilettantish efforts to repair something ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Dokterei, Gedokter herumdoktern, rumdoktern === See also === Quacksalber, Kurpfuscher === Further reading === “doktern” in Duden online “doktern”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[2] (in German)