vertändeln

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German

Etymology

ver- +‎ tändeln

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  • Hyphenation: ver‧tän‧deln

Verb

vertändeln (weak, third-person singular present vertändelt, past tense vertändelte, past participle vertändelt, auxiliary haben)

  1. to waste by dallying
    Synonym: vertrödeln
    • 1930–1943, Robert Musil, “Die Spitze deiner Brust ist wie ein Mohnblatt”, in Der Mann ohne Eigenschaften [The Man Without Qualities], book 1, Hamburg: Rowohlt Verlag, published 1957:
      Er war in diesem Augenblick sicher, daß er noch etwas vor sich habe und es nicht in halben Neigungen vertändeln dürfe.
      In this moment he was sure that he had something before him and should not waste it by dallying in half affections.

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