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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
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