bauchpinseln
German, verb/ˈbaʊ̯xˌpɪnzl̩n/
bauchpinseln is spelled B-A-U-C-H-P-I-N-S-E-L-N (12 letters) and appears about once in every 72 million words in written German, the 528,992nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bauchpinseln is a German verb meaning “to flatter, ingratiate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “schmeicheln, flattieren, jemandes Gunst zu erlangen suchen”.
What does bauchpinseln mean in English?
verb
- 1
datedinformalto flatter, ingratiate
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. schmeicheln, flattieren, jemandes Gunst zu erlangen suchen
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 bauchpinseln
- bauchpinselt present singular third-person
- bauchpinselte past
- gebauchpinselt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- bauchpinselnd participle present
- bauchpinsle first-person indicative present
- bauchpinsele first-person indicative present
- bauchpinsel first-person indicative present
- bauchpinselst indicative present second-person
- bauchpinselest second-person singular subjunctive
- bauchpinslest second-person singular subjunctive
- bauchpinselet plural second-person subjunctive
- bauchpinslet plural second-person subjunctive
- bauchpinselten first-person indicative plural
- bauchpinseltest indicative preterite second-person
- bauchpinseltet indicative plural preterite
- bauchpinsle! imperative singular
- bauchpinsel! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bauchpinseln?
- /ˈbaʊ̯xˌpɪnzl̩n/
- [ˈbaʊ̯xˌpɪnzl̩n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to bauchpinseln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is bauchpinseln in German?
bauchpinseln appears about once in every 72 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).