klüngeln

Etymology
From Low and. Derived from the noun at hand in, originally meaning “ball of wool”. Cognate with 🇨🇬.

Verb

 * 1)  to be slow; to delay; to dawdle
 * 2)  to chat, chatter (often in confidence, or seemingly so)
 * 3) to engage in nepotism and corruption
 * 1)  to chat, chatter (often in confidence, or seemingly so)
 * 2) to engage in nepotism and corruption
 * 1) to engage in nepotism and corruption
 * 1) to engage in nepotism and corruption

Usage notes

 * The verb has become supra-regionally intelligible chiefly in sense 3, but within the region senses 1 and 2 are actually more common.