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fuddeln

German, verb/ˈfʊdl̩n/

fuddeln is a German verb meaning “alternative form of fudeln” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “landschaftlich, abwertend: etwas schlampig verrichten, pfuschen”.

What does fuddeln mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    alternative form of fudeln

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. landschaftlich, abwertend: etwas schlampig verrichten, pfuschen 2. landschaftlich, abwertend: (im Spiel) betrügen, schummeln

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of fuddeln

  • fuddelt present singular third-person
  • fuddelte past
  • gefuddelt participle past
  • haben auxiliary
  • fuddelnd participle present
  • fuddle first-person indicative present
  • fuddele first-person indicative present
  • fuddel first-person indicative present
  • fuddelst indicative present second-person
  • fuddelest second-person singular subjunctive
  • fuddlest second-person singular subjunctive
  • fuddelet plural second-person subjunctive
  • fuddlet plural second-person subjunctive
  • fuddelten first-person indicative plural
  • fuddeltest indicative preterite second-person
  • fuddeltet indicative plural preterite
  • fudeln variant
  • fuddle! imperative singular

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce fuddeln?

  • /ˈfʊdl̩n/
  • [ˈfʊdl̩n]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.