jengelen

Hello, you have come here looking for the meaning of the word jengelen. In DICTIOUS you will not only get to know all the dictionary meanings for the word jengelen, but we will also tell you about its etymology, its characteristics and you will know how to say jengelen in singular and plural. Everything you need to know about the word jengelen you have here. The definition of the word jengelen will help you to be more precise and correct when speaking or writing your texts. Knowing the definition ofjengelen, as well as those of other words, enriches your vocabulary and provides you with more and better linguistic resources.

Dutch

Etymology

Frequentative of janken (to whine), perhaps ultimately of imitative origin and related to Old French jangler (to entertain), as well as modern English jangle.[1]

Pronunciation

  • Audio:(file)

Verb

jengelen

  1. whimper; drone; whine
    Synonyms: dreinen, mekkeren, zaniken, zeiken

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “jengelen”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute