deuteln
German, verb[ˈdɔytl̩n]
deuteln is spelled D-E-U-T-E-L-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written German, the 214,094th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Deuteln is a German verb meaning “to explain away, to interpret in a petty manner, to quibble” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “den Umfang, die Bedeutung von etwas zu ergründen suchen (deuten), wobei dies auf eine übertriebene…”.
What does deuteln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to explain away, to interpret in a petty manner, to quibble
Daran gibt es nichts zu deuteln.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. den Umfang, die Bedeutung von etwas zu ergründen suchen (deuten), wobei dies auf eine übertriebene (spitzfindige, kleinliche, buchstabengetreue) Art geschieht (meist, um dadurch Vorteile zu erlangen)
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 deuteln
- deutelt present singular third-person
- deutelte past
- gedeutelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- deutelnd participle present
- deutle first-person indicative present
- deutele first-person indicative present
- deutel first-person indicative present
- deutelst indicative present second-person
- deutelest second-person singular subjunctive
- deutlest second-person singular subjunctive
- deutelet plural second-person subjunctive
- deutlet plural second-person subjunctive
- deutelten first-person indicative plural
- deuteltest indicative preterite second-person
- deuteltet indicative plural preterite
- deutel! imperative singular
- deutle! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce deuteln?
- [ˈdɔytl̩n]
- [ˈdɔɪ̯tl̩n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is deuteln in German?
deuteln appears about once in every 15 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).