muddle
To mix together, to mix upTo mix together, to mix up; to confuse.
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» I'm in the middle of a muddle.
Ich sitze ganz schön in der Patsche. — al_ex_an_der
Ich stecke bis zum Hals in Schwierigkeiten. — al_ex_an_der
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Examples
10 sentencesI'm in the middle of a muddle.
deIch sitze ganz schön in der Patsche. — al_ex_an_der
You'll have to muddle through on your own.
deDa wirst du dich irgendwie allein durchschlagen müssen. — Waldelfe
Tom was in a real muddle over his holiday plans.
deTom war wegen seiner Urlaubsplanungen ganz durcheinander. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Meaning
7 sensesTo mix together, to mix up; to confuse.
Young children tend to muddle their words.
verwirren
перепу́татьperepútatʹ, спу́татьspútatʹ
mix up or confuse
To mash slightly for use in a cocktail.
He muddled the mint sprigs in the bottom of the glass.
To dabble in mud.
More meanings 4
To make turbid or muddy.
To think and act in a confused, aimless way.
To cloud or stupefy; to render stupid with liquor; to intoxicate partially.
To waste or misuse, as one does who is stupid or intoxicated.
Origin
From Middle English modelen (attested in present participle modeland (“wallowing”)), fromFrom Middle English modelen (attested in present participle modeland (“wallowing”)), from Middle Dutch moddelen (“to make muddy”), from modde, mod (“mud”) (Modern Dutch modder). By surface analysis, mud + -le. Compare German Kuddelmuddel.
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Forms
muddles, muddling, muddled, muddledTenses
muddle · muddled · will muddle · have muddledPhrasal verbs
4 phrasal verbs- muddle throughsich durchwurstelnTo succeed (often clumsily) despite being ill-equipped or inadequately trained.
- muddle upconfondrefare confusionemieszać, pomieszaćTo confuse (one or more objects with another object or other objects)
- muddle onSynonym of muddle along.
- muddle alongTo live or work in an unorganized and unplanned way.
Synonyms
2 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.