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keulen

German, verb

keulen is a German verb meaning “to cull” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Keulen is a different word: “plural of Keule”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “vorsorglich massenhaft Nutztiere schlachten, um die Verbreitung von Tierseuchen zu verhindern”.

What does keulen mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to cull

  2. 2

    obsoleteto hit with a club or as if by one

noun

as Keulen
  1. 1

    plural of Keule

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. vorsorglich massenhaft Nutztiere schlachten, um die Verbreitung von Tierseuchen zu verhindern 2. masturbieren (meist vom Mann) 3. bei jemandem die Masturbation ausführen 4. hart arbeiten

The definition in the German Wiktionary, in German.

Source: German Wiktionary, dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of keulen

  • keult present singular third-person
  • keulte past
  • gekeult participle past
  • haben auxiliary
  • keulend participle present
  • keule first-person indicative present
  • keulst indicative present second-person
  • keulest second-person singular subjunctive
  • keulet plural second-person subjunctive
  • keulten first-person indicative plural
  • keultest indicative preterite second-person
  • keultet indicative plural preterite
  • keul imperative second-person singular
  • habe gekeult first-person indicative multiword-construction
  • haben gekeult first-person indicative multiword-construction
  • keul! imperative singular
  • keule! imperative singular
  • keult! imperative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to keulen

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is keulen in German?

keulen appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).