adeln
German, verb
adeln is spelled A-D-E-L-N (5 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written German, the 152,733rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Adeln is a German verb meaning “to ennoble” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Adeln is a different word: “gerund of adeln”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “in den Adelsstand erheben”.
What does adeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to ennoble
noun
- 1
neutergerund of adeln
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. in den Adelsstand erheben 2. etwas oder jemanden veredeln beziehungsweise wertvoller, würdevoller machen
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 adeln
- adelt present singular third-person
- adelte past
- geadelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- adelnd participle present
- adle first-person indicative present
- adele first-person indicative present
- adel first-person indicative present
- adelst indicative present second-person
- adelest second-person singular subjunctive
- adlest second-person singular subjunctive
- adelet plural second-person subjunctive
- adlet plural second-person subjunctive
- adelten first-person indicative plural
- adeltest indicative preterite second-person
- adeltet indicative plural preterite
- adele! imperative singular
- adelt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to adeln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is adeln in German?
adeln 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).