arschkriechen
German, verb
arschkriechen is spelled A-R-S-C-H-K-R-I-E-C-H-E-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written German, the 182,294th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Arschkriechen is a German verb meaning “to kiss ass, to brownnose” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Arschkriechen is a different word: “gerund of arschkriechen: brownnosing, bootlicking”.
What does arschkriechen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to kiss ass, to brownnose
noun
- 1
neutergerund of arschkriechen: brownnosing, bootlicking
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Zeigen eines untertänigen und devoten Verhaltens, um dadurch Vorteile zu erlangen
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 arschkriechen
- arschkriecht present singular third-person
- arschkroch past
- arschgekrochen participle past
- arschkröche past subjunctive
- sein auxiliary
- 2 strong
- arschkriechend participle present
- arschkrieche first-person indicative present
- arschkriechst indicative present second-person
- arschkriechest second-person singular subjunctive
- arschkriechet plural second-person subjunctive
- arschkrochen first-person indicative plural
- arschkröchen first-person formal plural
- arschkrochst indicative preterite second-person
- arschkrocht indicative plural preterite
- arschkröchest formal rare second-person
- arschkröchst formal rare second-person
- arschkröchet formal plural rare
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is arschkriechen in German?
arschkriechen appears about once in every 11 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).