dackeln
German, verb
dackeln is spelled D-A-C-K-E-L-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written German, the 197,584th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dackeln is a German verb meaning “to walk slowly, often with a lack of energy or waddling, in the manner of a dachshund” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Dackeln is a different word: “dative plural of Dackel”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “langsam gehen, oftmals ohne Energie und watschelnd im Gang”.
What does dackeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to walk slowly, often with a lack of energy or waddling, in the manner of a dachshund
noun
- 1
masculinedative plural of Dackel
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. langsam gehen, oftmals ohne Energie und watschelnd im Gang
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 dackeln
- dackelt present singular third-person
- dackelte past
- gedackelt participle past
- sein auxiliary
- dackelnd participle present
- dackle first-person indicative present
- dackele first-person indicative present
- dackel first-person indicative present
- dackelst indicative present second-person
- dackelest second-person singular subjunctive
- dacklest second-person singular subjunctive
- dackelet plural second-person subjunctive
- dacklet plural second-person subjunctive
- dackelten first-person indicative plural
- dackeltest indicative preterite second-person
- dackeltet indicative plural preterite
- dackel! imperative singular
- dackele! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is dackeln in German?
dackeln appears about once in every 13 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).