schmuddeln

== German == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Low German smuddeln, iterative of smudden (“to soil, smear, sully”), itself probably an s-mobile derivative of the root underlying modern German Moder (“decomposing mass”). Attested since the 17th century. === Pronunciation === === Verb === schmuddeln (weak, third-person singular present schmuddelt, past tense schmuddelte, past participle geschmuddelt, auxiliary haben) (colloquial, derogatory, intransitive) to work sloppily and make things dirty in the process thereof (colloquial, derogatory, intransitive) to become dirty (colloquial, derogatory, intransitive, impersonal) to rain and be cold ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === “schmuddeln”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “schmuddeln” in Duden online “schmuddeln” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon