bosseln
German, verb[ˈbɔsl̩n]
bosseln is spelled B-O-S-S-E-L-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written German, the 182,294th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bosseln is a German verb meaning “to do petty work, to tinker” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “kleinere Arbeiten präzise erledigen; lange an etwas in Kleinigkeiten arbeiten”.
What does bosseln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to do petty work, to tinker
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. kleinere Arbeiten präzise erledigen; lange an etwas in Kleinigkeiten arbeiten
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 bosseln
- bosselt present singular third-person
- bosselte past
- gebosselt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- bosselnd participle present
- bossle first-person indicative present
- bossele first-person indicative present
- bossel first-person indicative present
- bosselst indicative present second-person
- bosselest second-person singular subjunctive
- bosslest second-person singular subjunctive
- bosselet plural second-person subjunctive
- bosslet plural second-person subjunctive
- bosselten first-person indicative plural
- bosseltest indicative preterite second-person
- bosseltet indicative plural preterite
- bossle! imperative singular
- bosselt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce bosseln?
- [ˈbɔsl̩n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is bosseln in German?
bosseln 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).