funkeln
German
Etymology
From Middle High German vunkeln, vunkelen, equivalent to Funke + -eln. Cognate with Middle Low German vunkeln (“to sparkle”), Middle High German vunkel (“spark”), Middle Dutch vonkel (“spark”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfʊŋkl̩n/, /ˈfʊŋkəln/
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Verb
funkeln (weak, third-person singular present funkelt, past tense funkelte, past participle gefunkelt, auxiliary haben)
- (intransitive) to sparkle, to glitter, to twinkle
- 1924, Friedrich Bernhard Störzner, Das weiße Männchen auf dem Kirchberge, in: Reinhardtswalder Sagenbüchlein, Buchhandlung Otto Schmidt, page 11:
- Droben am Himmel funkelten die Sterne in seltener Pracht.
- Up in the sky the stars sparkled in unusual magnificence.
- 1924, Friedrich Bernhard Störzner, Das weiße Männchen auf dem Kirchberge, in: Reinhardtswalder Sagenbüchlein, Buchhandlung Otto Schmidt, page 11:
Conjugation
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Derived terms
Related terms
German Low German
Etymology
From Middle Low German vunkeln, equivalent to Funk + -eln. Cognate with Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value).
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