nesteln

== German == === Etymology === From Old High German nesteln. Cognate with Middle Low German nestelen (“to fiddle, lace”). Ultimately from Proto-West Germanic *nastilu and very distantly related to English lanyard. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈnɛstl̩n] === Verb === nesteln (weak, third-person singular present nestelt, past tense nestelte, past participle genestelt, auxiliary haben) to fumble, fiddle [with an (+ dative)] Synonym: fummeln ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Nesteln Nestelei ==== Related terms ==== Nestel === See also === hantieren pfriemeln === Further reading === “nesteln” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “nesteln” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon