sudeln

From Middle High German sudelen, derived Middle High German sudel (“puddle”) +‎ -en, a noun still known in the 20th century as Sudel m, from Proto-Germanic *seud- (“mud; soil”), from Proto-Indo-European *sew- (“moisture”). Cognate with Old English gesyd (“wallow”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈzuːdl̩n/ (prescriptive standard)
• IPA^(key): /ˈsuːdl̩n/ (Austrian standard)

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• Hyphenation: su‧deln
• Rhymes: -uːdl̩n

sudeln (weak, third-person singular present sudelt, past tense sudelte, past participle gesudelt, auxiliary haben)

1. (intransitive, archaic) to wash, to work in the scullery
2. (intransitive) to make a mess, to spill a liquid

   Synonyms: kleckern, klecksen

3. (intransitive) to scribble, to scrawl (to write in an irregular or illegible manner)

   Synonym: schmieren

4. (intransitive) to botch

   Synonym: pfuschen

• “sudeln” in Duden online
• “sudeln” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “sudeln” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.