busseln
German, verb/ˈbʊsl̩n/
busseln is spelled B-U-S-S-E-L-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 89 million words in written German, the 594,587th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Busseln is a German verb meaning “to kiss (not in an erotic manner, mostly on the cheek)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden aus Zuneigung oder zur Begrüßung mit den Lippen berühren, küssen”.
What does busseln mean in English?
verb
- 1
Austriainformalto kiss (not in an erotic manner, mostly on the cheek)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemanden aus Zuneigung oder zur Begrüßung mit den Lippen berühren, küssen
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 busseln
- busselt present singular third-person
- busselte past
- gebusselt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- busselnd participle present
- bussle first-person indicative present
- bussele first-person indicative present
- bussel first-person indicative present
- busselst indicative present second-person
- busselest second-person singular subjunctive
- busslest second-person singular subjunctive
- busselet plural second-person subjunctive
- busslet plural second-person subjunctive
- busselten first-person indicative plural
- busseltest indicative preterite second-person
- busseltet indicative plural preterite
- bussen variant
- bussle! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce busseln?
- /ˈbʊsl̩n/
- Austria /ˈb̥ʊsl̩n/
- [ˈbʊsl̩n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is busseln in German?
busseln appears about once in every 89 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).