dübeln

German

Etymology

Dübel +‎ -en

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈdyːbl̩n]
  • Hyphenation: dü‧beln
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)

Verb

dübeln (weak, third-person singular present dübelt, past tense dübelte, past participle gedübelt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (ambitransitive) to dowel, to employ wall plugs to fasten something
    1. (colloquial, transitive, loosely) to install, to slap something on (to affix something onto something else in a manner that is solid but possibly haphazard or careless)

Conjugation

Further reading

  • dübeln” in Duden online
  • dübeln” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache