doubeln
German, verb/ˈduːbəln/
doubeln is spelled D-O-U-B-E-L-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 37 million words in written German, the 362,108th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Doubeln is a German verb meaning “to double, to stand in for (act as someone's double, lookalike)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Rolle eines Prominenten, meist eines Schauspielers bei Stunts, übernehmen”.
What does doubeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to double, to stand in for (act as someone's double, lookalike)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. die Rolle eines Prominenten, meist eines Schauspielers bei Stunts, übernehmen
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 doubeln
- doubelt present singular third-person
- doubelte past
- gedoubelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- doubelnd participle present
- double first-person indicative present
- doubele first-person indicative present
- doubel first-person indicative present
- doubelst indicative present second-person
- doubelest second-person singular subjunctive
- doublest second-person singular subjunctive
- doubelet plural second-person subjunctive
- doublet plural second-person subjunctive
- doubelten first-person indicative plural
- doubeltest indicative preterite second-person
- doubeltet indicative plural preterite
- double! imperative singular
- doubele! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce doubeln?
- /ˈduːbəln/
- [ˈduːbl̩n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is doubeln in German?
doubeln appears about once in every 37 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).