tegenspartelen

== Dutch == === Etymology === Compound of tegen (“against”) +‎ spartelen (“to struggle; to splash”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈteː.ɣə(n)ˌspɑr.tə.lə(n)/ Hyphenation: te‧gen‧spar‧te‧len === Verb === tegenspartelen (intransitive) to resist by struggling, to flounder in resistance Synonym: tegenstribbelen ==== Usage notes ==== Strongly connotes that the resistance is (ultimately) ineffective. ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== tegenspartelaar