Definition of verb mäkeln

Definition of the verb mäkeln (criticise, criticize): etwas an jemandem oder einer Sache/einem Sachverhalt auszusetzen haben; bemängeln; granteln; meckern; (sich) beklagen; mosern with meanings, synonyms, prepositions, Objects with case, grammar information, translations and conjugation tables.

C1 · verb · haben · regular · intransitive
mäkeln

mäkelt · mäkelte · hat gemäkelt

English criticise, criticize, nitpick, quibble

/ˈmɛːkl̩n/ · /ˈmɛːkəlt/ · /ˈmɛːkəltə/ · /gəˈmɛːkəlt/

etwas an jemandem oder einer Sache/einem Sachverhalt auszusetzen haben; bemängeln, granteln, meckern, (sich) beklagen, mosern

(an+D, an+A)

Meanings

a.etwas an jemandem oder einer Sache/einem Sachverhalt auszusetzen haben, bemängeln, meckern, mosern, nörgeln
z.granteln, (sich) beklagen, nörgeln, maulen, motzen, meckern

Conjugation Meanings

Usages

(an+D, an+A)

  • jemand/etwas mäkelt an etwas
  • jemand/etwas mäkelt an jemandem/etwas

no passive possible


Prepositions Usages

Synonyms

a.≡ bemängeln ≡ meckern ≡ mosern ≡ nörgeln
z.≡ herumjaulen ≡ abkotzen ≡ beckmessern ≡ bekritteln ≡ bemäkeln ≡ granteln ≡ herummaulen ≡ herummeckern ≡ herummotzen ≡ maulen, ...

Synonyms

Translations

English criticise, criticize, nitpick, quibble
Russian придираться, критика, привередничать, придирка, придраться, Придираться
Spanish criticar, poner tacha a, poner tachas, quejarse
French critique, critiquer, ergoter sur, reproche
Turkish eleştirmek, kusur bulmak, sorgulamak, tenkit etmek
Portuguese criticar, reclamar
Italian criticare, lamentarsi, trovare da ridire
Romanian contesta, critica
Hungarian kritizál
Polish czepiać się, marudzić
Greek βρίσκω ψεγάδια, επικρίνω, κατακρίνω
Dutch kankeren, kritiek hebben, vitten
Czech být vybíravý, vytýkat
Swedish kritisera, anmärka, gnälla
Danish anføre, kritisere, kritisere småligt
Japanese 批判する, 文句を言う
Catalan criticar, reprovar
Finnish kritisoida, moittia
Norwegian klage, kritisere
Basque kritika egin
Serbian prigovoriti
Macedonian критика
Slovenian pripomniti
Slowakisch namietať
Bosnian prigovarati, prigovor
Croatian prigovoriti
Ukrainian критикувати, придиратися
Bulgarian критика
Belorussian крытыкаваць, прыкметкаваць
Indonesian mengeluh, mengkritik
Vietnamese chỉ trích, phàn nàn
Uzbek nuqson topish
Hindi दोष निकालना
Chinese 挑剔, 有异议
Thai คัดค้าน, หาข้อบกพร่อง
Korean 지적하다, 흠잡다
Azerbaijani irad etmək, səhv tapmaq
Georgian კრიტიკება
Bengali দোষ খোঁজা
Albanian gjet faj, kundërshtoj
Marathi आक्षेप घेणे, दोष शोधणे
Nepali आलोचना गर्नु, दोष लगाउनु
Telugu లోపాలు చూపడం
Latvian iebilst pret kaut ko
Tamil பிழை கண்டுபிடிக்க
Estonian vaidle vastu millegile
Armenian բողոքել
Kurdish şikayet kirin
Hebrewלְבַקֵּר
Arabicانتقاد، عاب
Persianانتقاد کردن
Urduتنقید کرنا، نکتہ چینی کرنا
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Translations

Conjugation

mäkelt · mäkelte · hat gemäkelt

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⁴ usage seldom ⁵ only in colloquial use

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