knuddeln

Etymology
From Central German and dialects; derived from a group of words meaning “knob, knot”. Compare Ripuarian 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬. These words belong to the large group of stems related with. The original sense of the verb is “to embrace tightly”; compare 🇨🇬 in the same sense.

Verb

 * 1) to cuddle