täubele
Alemannic German
Alternative forms
- teubele
- täubälä, täubala
Etymology
Probably derived from the concurrently existing tobe (“to throw a fit”), from Middle High German toben, from Old High German tobēn, tobōn from Proto-West Germanic *dobēn (“to rage, to be crazy”), by applying the same suffix that can be observed in (ume)gängele and (ume)blödele which also describe an incessant and annoying activity. Compare also with the German frequentative and/or diminutive verb ending -eln.
Verb
täubele
- to complain loudly, to moan (especially incessant wailing by children)
- Synonym: tobe (cognate of German toben)
Derived terms
- Täubeler (agent noun)
- Täubelerei (abstract noun)
Descendants
- → German: täubeln (sometimes used in Swiss High German print media)
Further reading
- Schweizerisches Idiotikon. Wörterbuch der schweizerdeutschen Sprache (in German), volume 12, 1961, column 85