achteln
German, verb
achteln is spelled A-C-H-T-E-L-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written German, the 144,446th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Achteln is a German verb meaning “to divide into eight parts” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Achteln is a different word: “dative plural of Achtel”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas in acht Teile teilen, in Achtel zerlegen”.
What does achteln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to divide into eight parts
noun
- 1
neuterdative plural of Achtel
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas in acht Teile teilen, in Achtel zerlegen
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 achteln
- achtelt present singular third-person
- achtelte past
- geachtelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- achtelnd participle present
- achtle first-person indicative present
- achtele first-person indicative present
- achtel first-person indicative present
- achtelst indicative present second-person
- achtelest second-person singular subjunctive
- achtlest second-person singular subjunctive
- achtelet plural second-person subjunctive
- achtlet plural second-person subjunctive
- achtelten first-person indicative plural
- achteltest indicative preterite second-person
- achteltet indicative plural preterite
- achtle! imperative singular
- achtel! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to achteln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is achteln in German?
achteln appears about once in every 8 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).