nörgeln

== German == === Alternative forms === nergeln, närgeln, nirgeln, nürgeln (archaic) === Etymology === Of Central German origin. According to Pfeifer, from an onomatopoeic Proto-Indo-European *(s)nur- (“to grumble”), along with schnarchen, schnarren, and schnurren, and cognate with Dutch nurken (“to growl”), as well as, outside Germanic, Lithuanian niauróti (“to hum”), niurnė́ti (“to murmur, growl”), snarglỹs (“nasal mucus”), Latvian nurrāt (“to purr”), nirgt (“to show one's teeth”), nerkstēt (“to whine, moan”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈnœʁɡl̩n/ === Verb === nörgeln (weak, third-person singular present nörgelt, past tense nörgelte, past participle genörgelt, auxiliary haben) to nag, grumble ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== nörgelig Genörgel Nörgelei === References === === Further reading === “nörgeln” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “nörgeln” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “nörgeln” in Duden online “nörgeln” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. Kluge, Friedrich (1989), “nörgeln”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 507 “nörgeln” in OpenThesaurus.de