dudeln
German, verb[ˈduːdl̩n]
dudeln is spelled D-U-D-E-L-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written German, the 225,828th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dudeln is a German verb meaning “to play incessantly” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mehr oder minder eintönig, langweilig über längere Zeit zu hören sein; ausgestrahlt werden”.
What does dudeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to play incessantly
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mehr oder minder eintönig, langweilig über längere Zeit zu hören sein; ausgestrahlt werden 2. ein Musikstück recht häufig (meist über einen Apparat) abspielen
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 dudeln
- dudelt present singular third-person
- dudelte past
- gedudelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- dudelnd participle present
- dudle first-person indicative present
- dudele first-person indicative present
- dudel first-person indicative present
- dudelst indicative present second-person
- dudelest second-person singular subjunctive
- dudlest second-person singular subjunctive
- dudelet plural second-person subjunctive
- dudlet plural second-person subjunctive
- dudelten first-person indicative plural
- dudeltest indicative preterite second-person
- dudeltet indicative plural preterite
- dudel! imperative singular
- dudele! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce dudeln?
- [ˈduːdl̩n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is dudeln in German?
dudeln appears about once in every 16 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).