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swindler

/sˈwɪndələ/SWIN-duh-lur
/sˈwɪndəlɚ/SWIN-duh-lur

Meaningto be dizzy, to act wildly

Common meaning: a person who cheats others out of money

Journey through time

  1. Germanschwindeln‘to be dizzy’source
  2. Germanschwindlersource
  3. Englishmeaning shiftsto be dizzy → a person who cheats others out of moneyswindler‘a person who cheats others out of money’ · today

Sources & notes

Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.

Pronunciation

  • UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
  • No UK recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-GB voice.
  • US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
  • No US recording; the speaker uses your device’s en-US voice.

Origin: Built on German schwindeln ‘to be dizzy, to act wildly’.

Roots

  • schwindeln German “to be dizzy, to act wildly”

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