fädeln
German, verb/ˈfɛːdl̩n/
fädeln is spelled F-Ä-D-E-L-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written German, the 216,904th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fädeln is a German verb meaning “to thread” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “einen Faden oder eine Schnur durch eine kleine Öffnung stecken”.
What does fädeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to thread
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. einen Faden oder eine Schnur durch eine kleine Öffnung stecken 2. Elemente in eine Reihe ordnen
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 fädeln
- fädelt present singular third-person
- fädelte past
- gefädelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- fädelnd participle present
- fädle first-person indicative present
- fädele first-person indicative present
- fädel first-person indicative present
- fädelst indicative present second-person
- fädelest second-person singular subjunctive
- fädlest second-person singular subjunctive
- fädelet plural second-person subjunctive
- fädlet plural second-person subjunctive
- fädelten first-person indicative plural
- fädeltest indicative preterite second-person
- fädeltet indicative plural preterite
- fädle! imperative singular
- fädele! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fädeln?
- /ˈfɛːdl̩n/
- /ˈfeːdl̩n/
- [ˈfɛːdl̩n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is fädeln in German?
fädeln 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).