No. 12,030 in German
tunneln
To "nutmeg" someone in sports by playing the ball through their legs.
In a sentence
Wir werden den Berg tunneln, um einen schnelleren Weg zu schaffen.
We will tunnel through the mountain to create a faster route.
In this sentence, 'tunneln' refers to the act of creating a tunnel through a physical obstacle, demonstrating its usage in a literal sense to describe engineering or construction activities.
Die Daten wurden sicher durch das Netzwerk getunnelt.
The data was securely tunneled through the network.
Here, 'tunneln' is used metaphorically to describe the secure transmission of data through a controlled path in a network, often in the context of IT and communications.
Im Spiel haben sie uns überrascht, indem sie unter der Mauer getunnelt sind.
In the game, they surprised us by tunneling under the wall.
In this scenario, 'tunneln' describes the act of creating a secret tunnel to bypass an obstacle, often used in both literal and figurative strategies in gaming or simulations.
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