LL-L "Etymology" 2008.01.22 (04) [E]

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From: Ingmar Roerdinkholder <ingmar.roerdinkholder at WORLDONLINE.NL>
Subject: LL-L "Etymology" 2008.01.22 (02) [E]

Reinhardus schreef:

"schummeln:

1.      reinigen, schoonmaken (to clean)

2.      kuirpas, op zijn gemak wandelen (to amble, to walk in a sloppy way)

3.      oblichten (voornamelijk in spelen) [> *schummeln* Missingsch en
andere Noordduitse dialecten] (to cheat (especially in games))"


Wow, that is funny! In colloquial Dutch "sjoemelen" means to cheat, it's
kind of a slang word, and I always assumed it to be from Yiddish. But now
I just noticed that "sjoemelen" is just the German Low Saxon/Missingsch
word "schummeln" in Dutch spelling, but the pronunciation is definitely
the same!

Ingmar
Btw it's "oplichten" with p not b, and "kuierpas" not "kuirpas"

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