bölken
German, verb/ˈbœlkən/
bölken is spelled B-Ö-L-K-E-N (6 letters). Bölken is a German verb meaning “to bawl; to bellow; to roar” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “blöken”.
What does bölken mean in English?
verb
- 1
to bawl; to bellow; to roar
- 2
to shout in a coarse manner; to bluster; to rumble
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. blöken 2. laut schreien
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 bölken
- bölkt present singular third-person
- bölkte past
- gebölkt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- bölkend participle present
- bölke first-person indicative present
- bölkst indicative present second-person
- bölkest second-person singular subjunctive
- bölket plural second-person subjunctive
- bölkten first-person indicative plural
- bölktest indicative preterite second-person
- bölktet indicative plural preterite
- bölk imperative second-person singular
- habe gebölkt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gebölkt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- bölk! imperative singular
- bölke! imperative singular
- bölkt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bölken?
- /ˈbœlkən/
- [ˈbœlkən]
- [ˈbœlkŋ̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.