Sudel

See also: sudel

German

Etymology

From Middle High German sudel m, an ablauting formation to the stems of Sud, sieden etc. The sense of a bad handwriting is a backformation of the verb sudeln, otherwise derived from the noun.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzuːdl̩/
  • (file)

Noun

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  1. pool, puddle
  2. scribble, handwriting badly performed
    • 1879, “Erinnerungen an Wilhelm Meyer”, in Zürcher Taschenbuch auf das Jahr 1879. Herausgegeben von einer Gesellschaft Zürcherischer Geschichtsfreunde. Neue Folge, Zweiter Jahrgang, Zürich: Orell Füßli & Co., page 111:
      Natürlich machte ich einen Sudel, welchen Herr Pfarrer wie einen andern schriftlichen Aufsatz korrigirte und den ich dann schön in’s reine schrieb.
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Declension

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