dengeln
German, verb/ˈdɛŋl̩n/
dengeln is spelled D-E-N-G-E-L-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written German, the 330,389th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dengeln is a German verb meaning “to peen” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Schneide (meist die einer Sense oder Sichel) durch Klopfen mit einem speziellen Hammer (Dengelhammer)…”.
What does dengeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to peen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. eine Schneide (meist die einer Sense oder Sichel) durch Klopfen mit einem speziellen Hammer (Dengelhammer) schärfen
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 dengeln
- dengelt present singular third-person
- dengelte past
- gedengelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- dengelnd participle present
- dengle first-person indicative present
- dengele first-person indicative present
- dengel first-person indicative present
- dengelst indicative present second-person
- dengelest second-person singular subjunctive
- denglest second-person singular subjunctive
- dengelet plural second-person subjunctive
- denglet plural second-person subjunctive
- dengelten first-person indicative plural
- dengeltest indicative preterite second-person
- dengeltet indicative plural preterite
- dengele! imperative singular
- dengle! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dengeln?
- /ˈdɛŋl̩n/
- [ˈdɛŋl̩n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is dengeln in German?
dengeln appears about once in every 32 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).