"tüfteln" meaning in German

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Verb

IPA: /ˈtʏftəln/ Audio: De-tüfteln.ogg
Etymology: Entered modern German from the Upper German language area. The exact origin is unclear. Grimm suggests a Rotwelsch origin (compare dufte). Kluge views it as a continuation of Middle High German tüfteln (“to knock, tap”). Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|tüfteln|t=to knock, tap}} Middle High German tüfteln (“to knock, tap”) Head templates: {{de-verb}} tüfteln (weak, third-person singular present tüftelt, past tense tüftelte, past participle getüftelt, auxiliary haben), {{tlb|de|intransitive}} (intransitive) Inflection templates: {{de-conj}} Forms: tüftelt [present, singular, third-person], tüftelte [past], getüftelt [participle, past], haben [auxiliary], weak [table-tags], haben [auxiliary], tüfteln [infinitive], tüftelnd [participle, present], getüftelt [participle, past], tüftle [first-person, indicative, present, singular], tüftele [first-person, indicative, present, singular], tüftel [first-person, indicative, present, singular], tüfteln [first-person, indicative, plural, present], tüftele [first-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], tüftle [first-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], tüfteln [first-person, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], tüftelst [indicative, present, second-person, singular], tüftelt [indicative, plural, present, second-person], tüftelest [second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], tüftlest [second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], tüftelet [plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], tüftlet [plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], tüftelt [indicative, present, singular, third-person], tüfteln [indicative, plural, present, third-person], tüftele [singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, third-person], tüftle [singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, third-person], tüfteln [plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, third-person], tüftelte [first-person, indicative, preterite, singular], tüftelten [first-person, indicative, plural, preterite], tüftelte [first-person, formal, rare, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], tüftelten [first-person, formal, plural, rare, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], tüfteltest [indicative, preterite, second-person, singular], tüfteltet [indicative, plural, preterite, second-person], tüfteltest [formal, rare, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], tüfteltet [formal, plural, rare, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], tüftelte [indicative, preterite, singular, third-person], tüftelten [indicative, plural, preterite, third-person], tüftelte [formal, rare, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, third-person], tüftelten [formal, plural, rare, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, third-person], tüftle [imperative, second-person, singular], tüftel [imperative, second-person, singular], tüftele [imperative, second-person, singular], tüftelt [imperative, plural, second-person], weak [table-tags], haben [auxiliary], habe getüftelt [first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular], haben getüftelt [first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural], habe getüftelt [first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive], haben getüftelt [first-person, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive], hast getüftelt [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular], habt getüftelt [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person], habest getüftelt [multiword-construction, perfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], habet getüftelt [multiword-construction, perfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], hat getüftelt [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, singular, third-person], haben getüftelt [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, plural, third-person], habe getüftelt [multiword-construction, perfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], haben getüftelt [multiword-construction, perfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], hatte getüftelt [first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular], hatten getüftelt [first-person, indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural], hätte getüftelt [first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive], hätten getüftelt [first-person, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive], hattest getüftelt [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular], hattet getüftelt [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person], hättest getüftelt [multiword-construction, pluperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], hättet getüftelt [multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], hatte getüftelt [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, third-person], hatten getüftelt [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, third-person], hätte getüftelt [multiword-construction, pluperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], hätten getüftelt [multiword-construction, pluperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], tüfteln werden [future, future-i, infinitive, multiword-construction], werde tüfteln [first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], werden tüfteln [first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], werdest tüfteln [future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], werdet tüfteln [future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], werde tüfteln [future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, third-person], werden tüfteln [future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, third-person], werde tüfteln [first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular], werden tüfteln [first-person, future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural], würde tüfteln [first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], würden tüfteln [first-person, future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], wirst tüfteln [future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular], werdet tüfteln [future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person], würdest tüfteln [future, future-i, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], würdet tüfteln [future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], wird tüfteln [future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person], werden tüfteln [future, future-i, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, third-person], würde tüfteln [future, future-i, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, third-person], würden tüfteln [future, future-i, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, third-person], getüftelt haben werden [future, future-ii, infinitive, multiword-construction], werde getüftelt haben [first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], werden getüftelt haben [first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], werdest getüftelt haben [future, future-ii, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], werdet getüftelt haben [future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-i], werde getüftelt haben [future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, third-person], werden getüftelt haben [future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-i, third-person], werde getüftelt haben [first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular], werden getüftelt haben [first-person, future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural], würde getüftelt haben [first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], würden getüftelt haben [first-person, future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], wirst getüftelt haben [future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular], werdet getüftelt haben [future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person], würdest getüftelt haben [future, future-ii, multiword-construction, second-person, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], würdet getüftelt haben [future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, second-person, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii], wird getüftelt haben [future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, singular, third-person], werden getüftelt haben [future, future-ii, indicative, multiword-construction, plural, third-person], würde getüftelt haben [future, future-ii, multiword-construction, singular, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, third-person], würden getüftelt haben [future, future-ii, multiword-construction, plural, subjunctive, subjunctive-ii, third-person]
  1. (informal) to tinker, to work on something, to attempt to work out a solution carefully and patiently [with an (+ dative) ‘on a project or idea’] Tags: informal, intransitive, weak Derived forms: austüfteln, tüftelig, Tüftler
    Sense id: en-tüfteln-de-verb-ceZ5wN5o Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German verbs using haben as auxiliary, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "tüfteln",
        "t": "to knock, tap"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German tüfteln (“to knock, tap”)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Entered modern German from the Upper German language area. The exact origin is unclear. Grimm suggests a Rotwelsch origin (compare dufte). Kluge views it as a continuation of Middle High German tüfteln (“to knock, tap”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tüftelt",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tüftelte",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "getüftelt",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "haben",
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "haben",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tüfteln",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "infinitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tüftelnd",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "getüftelt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tüftle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tüftele",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tüftel",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "plural",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "tüftele",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tüftle",
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        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i"
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    },
    {
      "form": "tüfteln",
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        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i"
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      "form": "tüftelst",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "present",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
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    {
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        "second-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "tüftelest",
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        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tüftlest",
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        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tüftelet",
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        "second-person",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "second-person",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i"
      ]
    },
    {
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    },
    {
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        "third-person"
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    },
    {
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        "subjunctive",
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        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-i",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "subjunctive",
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      ]
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        "preterite",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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    {
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        "subjunctive",
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        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
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    },
    {
      "form": "tüfteltest",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "preterite",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tüfteltet",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "plural",
        "preterite",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "rare",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
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    },
    {
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        "plural",
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        "subjunctive",
        "subjunctive-ii"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tüftelte",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "preterite",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "plural",
        "preterite",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "tüftelte",
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        "rare",
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        "subjunctive",
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        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "tüftelten",
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        "subjunctive",
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        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tüftle",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tüftel",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tüftele",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tüftelt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "de-conj",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "haben",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "auxiliary"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "habe getüftelt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "haben getüftelt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "habe getüftelt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "haben getüftelt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hast getüftelt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "habt getüftelt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "habest getüftelt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "habet getüftelt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hat getüftelt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "haben getüftelt",
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        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "habe getüftelt",
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        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "haben getüftelt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hatte getüftelt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hatten getüftelt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "plural"
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    },
    {
      "form": "hätte getüftelt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "hätten getüftelt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive"
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    },
    {
      "form": "hattest getüftelt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "indicative",
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hattet getüftelt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hättest getüftelt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hättet getüftelt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "pluperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person",
        "subjunctive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hatte getüftelt",
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      "tags": [
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        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "hatten getüftelt",
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      "tags": [
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        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hätte getüftelt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "pluperfect",
        "singular",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "hätten getüftelt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "multiword-construction",
        "pluperfect",
        "plural",
        "subjunctive",
        "third-person"
      ]
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