rütteln

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German rütteln, rütelen, rüteln, from rütten (“to shake”) +‎ -eln (“frequentative suffix”), from Proto-Indo-European *kreu- (“to shake, wave around”), related to Tocharian A kru (“reed”), Tocharian B kärwats, Lithuanian krutéti (“to move”). Cognate with the first part of Old English hrēaþemūs (“bat”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʁʏtəln/, [ˈʁʏtl̩n] Hyphenation: rüt‧teln === Verb === rütteln (weak, third-person singular present rüttelt, past tense rüttelte, past participle gerüttelt, auxiliary haben) (transitive) to shake, to jolt Synonym: schütteln jemanden an der Schulter rütteln ― to shake someone by the shoulder (intransitive) to shake, to rattle (to make a barrier or obstacle shake, attempting to open or displace it) [with an (+ dative)] Er rüttelte an der Tür, aber sie war verschlossen. ― He rattled the door, but it was locked. (figuratively) to attempt to do away with, to rebel against (an established standard, rule, idea) an etwas ist nicht zu rütteln ― something is undeniable, something cannot be changed (intransitive, falconry, ornithology, of birds of prey) to hover (to float in the air by fast wingbeats) ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== Rüttler Rüttelei ==== Related terms ==== Rütteln rüttelnd Rüttelfalke aufrütteln, durchrütteln, wachrütteln ==== See also ==== zerrütten === See also === wackeln schütteln schaukeln === References === === Further reading === “rütteln”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “rütteln” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “rütteln” in Duden online “rütteln” in OpenThesaurus.de rütteln on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de