bördeln
German, verb[ˈbœʁdl̩n]
bördeln is spelled B-Ö-R-D-E-L-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 59 million words in written German, the 470,264th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bördeln is a German verb meaning “to flange, to crimp” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “stauchend umformen”.
What does bördeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to flange, to crimp
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. stauchend umformen
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 bördeln
- bördelt present singular third-person
- bördelte past
- gebördelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- bördelnd participle present
- bördle first-person indicative present
- bördele first-person indicative present
- bördel first-person indicative present
- bördelst indicative present second-person
- bördelest second-person singular subjunctive
- bördlest second-person singular subjunctive
- bördelet plural second-person subjunctive
- bördlet plural second-person subjunctive
- bördelten first-person indicative plural
- bördeltest indicative preterite second-person
- bördeltet indicative plural preterite
- bördel! imperative singular
- bördele! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bördeln?
- [ˈbœʁdl̩n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bördeln in German?
bördeln appears about once in every 59 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).