kiefeln

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German

Etymology

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: kie‧feln

Verb

kiefeln (weak, third-person singular present kiefelt, past tense kiefelte, past participle gekiefelt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (Austria, intransitive) to nibble, to gnaw at/on something
    Synonyms: nagen, anknabbern
  2. (Austria, intransitive, figuratively) to rack one's brain over something
    Synonyms: brüten, herumkiefeln, nagen
    Sie kiefelt seit gestern an dieser Aufgabe.She has been racking her brains over this task since yesterday..

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Further reading

  • kiefeln” in Duden online
  • kiefeln” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache