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jengelen

Dutch

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Etymology

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Frequentative of janken (“to whine”), perhaps ultimately of imitative origin and related to Old French jangler (“to entertain”), as well as modern English jangle.[1]

Pronunciation

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Verb

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jengelen

  1. whimper; drone; whine
    Synonyms: dreinen, mekkeren, zaniken, zeiken

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References

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  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “jengelen”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
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