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German
Etymology
From Middle High German orgelen, equivalent to Orgel + -n.
Pronunciation
Verb
orgeln (weak, third-person singular present orgelt, past tense orgelte, past participle georgelt, auxiliary haben)
- (transitive, intransitive) to play on an organ
- (intransitive, colloquial) to emit sounds like an organ
Der Auspuff hat die ganze Zeit georgelt, deshalb hab ich die Karre verkauft.- The exhaust pipe soughed like an organ the whole time, therefore I sold that hooptie.
- (transitive, intransitive, colloquial) to turn and screw the tap etc.
2017 July 17, moskito22, “ET2 Bj.'97 - springt nicht an und weitere Mängel”, in Vespa Forum:Die ETs sind bekannt für ihre Startschwierigkeiten, wenn sie etwas gestanden haben (=Schwimmerkammer eher leer), weil der Benzinhahn erst öffnet, wenn man etwas georgelt hat.- The ETs are reknown for their start-up difficulties when they have stood about for some time (=float bowls rather empty), because the petrol tap only opens when one has played the organ a bit.
- (intransitive, hunting) said of a hart making his marked sound
- Synonym: röhren
Aus der Ferne hörte ich einen Hirsch orgeln.- From afar I heard a hart roar.
- (transitive, intransitive, vulgar) to get jiggy on, to boink
Er war daran, sie durchzuorgeln, konnte jedoch wegen eines Anrufes nicht zu Ende orgeln.- He was shelving her thoroughly, but owing to a call he could not shag to the end.
Conjugation
Conjugation of
orgeln (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
1Rare except in very formal contexts; alternative in würde normally preferred.
Composed forms of
orgeln (
weak, auxiliary
haben)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “orgeln” in Duden online
- “orgeln” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “orgeln” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
Swedish
Noun
orgeln
- definite singular of orgel