drängeln
German, verb
drängeln is spelled D-R-Ä-N-G-E-L-N (8 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written German, the 35,692nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Drängeln is a German verb meaning “to push, jostle (as through crowd, in a queue)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Drängeln is a different word: “gerund of drängeln”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich durch Drücken und Schieben in einer Menschenmenge nach vorne bewegen”.
What does drängeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to push, jostle (as through crowd, in a queue)
Die Leute drängeln sich im Zug.
- 2
to tailgate (drive dangerously close)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of drängeln
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich durch Drücken und Schieben in einer Menschenmenge nach vorne bewegen 2. ungeduldig etwas zu beschleunigen versuchen; versuchen etwas schnell herbeizuführen
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 drängeln
- drängelt present singular third-person
- drängelte past
- gedrängelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- drängelnd participle present
- drängle first-person indicative present
- drängele first-person indicative present
- drängel first-person indicative present
- drängelst indicative present second-person
- drängelest second-person singular subjunctive
- dränglest second-person singular subjunctive
- drängelet plural second-person subjunctive
- dränglet plural second-person subjunctive
- drängelten first-person indicative plural
- drängeltest indicative preterite second-person
- drängeltet indicative plural preterite
- drängle! imperative singular
- drängel! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to drängeln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is drängeln in German?
drängeln appears 1.1 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).