einkesseln
German, verb
einkesseln is spelled E-I-N-K-E-S-S-E-L-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 20 million words in written German, the 254,291st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Einkesseln is a German verb meaning “to encircle, to surround, to kettle (to trap in place by having forces all around)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Einkesseln is a different word: “gerund of einkesseln”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “völlig einschließen”.
What does einkesseln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to encircle, to surround, to kettle (to trap in place by having forces all around)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of einkesseln
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. völlig einschließen
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 einkesseln
- kesselt ein present singular third-person
- kesselte ein past
- eingekesselt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- einkesselnd participle present
- einzukesseln infinitive infinitive-zu
- kessle ein first-person indicative present
- kessele ein first-person indicative present
- kessel ein first-person indicative present
- kesseln ein first-person indicative plural
- kesselst ein indicative present second-person
- kesselest ein second-person singular subjunctive
- kesslest ein second-person singular subjunctive
- kesselet ein plural second-person subjunctive
- kesslet ein plural second-person subjunctive
- kesselten ein first-person indicative plural
- kesseltest ein indicative preterite second-person
- kesseltet ein indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to einkesseln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is einkesseln in German?
einkesseln appears about once in every 20 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).