muddle
A mixture; a confusion; a garbleA mixture; a confusion; a garble.
» 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
al_ex_an_der · Tatoeba · CC BY 2.0 FRMeaning
4 sensesA mixture; a confusion; a garble.
The muddle of nervous speech he uttered did not have much meaning.
Wirrwarr
путаницаputanica
A mixture of crushed ingredients, as prepared with a muddler.
(India, historical)A servant's attendant; underservant.
(archaic)A muddy mess.
- a confused multitude of things
- informal terms for a difficult situation
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
His English has a murky, muddled sound to it, don't you think?
Alcohol muddled part of the man's brain that usually handles inhibitory actions.
Translations
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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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