deckeln
German, verb
deckeln is spelled D-E-C-K-E-L-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 54,418th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Deckeln is a German verb meaning “to cap” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Deckeln is a different word: “dative plural of Deckel”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “nach oben begrenzen; eine Obergrenze für etwas festlegen”.
What does deckeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to cap
Ausgaben, Beiträge deckeln
noun
- 1
masculinedative plural of Deckel
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. nach oben begrenzen; eine Obergrenze für etwas festlegen 2. jemanden unfreundlich auf einen Fehler hinweisen 3. etwas mit einem Deckel verschließen
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 deckeln
- deckelt present singular third-person
- deckelte past
- gedeckelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- deckelnd participle present
- deckle first-person indicative present
- deckele first-person indicative present
- deckel first-person indicative present
- deckelst indicative present second-person
- deckelest second-person singular subjunctive
- decklest second-person singular subjunctive
- deckelet plural second-person subjunctive
- decklet plural second-person subjunctive
- deckelten first-person indicative plural
- deckeltest indicative preterite second-person
- deckeltet indicative plural preterite
- deckele! imperative singular
- deckelt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is deckeln in German?
deckeln appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).