fälteln
[ˈfɛltl̩n]
The verdict
“fälteln” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency German
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - etwas mehrfach so knicken, dass es doppelt zu liegen kommt, und danach Falte an Falte liegt
Corpus desk
Index DE-falteln · fälteln · German
fälteln · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-2 2 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "F" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | fälteln |
| Language | German |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | [ˈfɛltl̩n] |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Langschwanz-Rang von „fälteln“ im Deutschen
Rare enough to double-check
fälteln is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed [ˈfɛltl̩n]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "etwas mehrfach so knicken, dass es doppelt zu liegen kommt, und danach Falte an Falte liegt".
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for fälteln, which points to an orthography that plays by predictable German rules. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best read as a straightforward mapping from sound to letter. The correct German form is fälteln, spelled F-Ä-L-T-E-L-N.
Definition
- 1etwas mehrfach so knicken, dass es doppelt zu liegen kommt, und danach Falte an Falte liegt
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how fälteln appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
„Der Maler kräuselt die Seide, fältelt die Stoffe, hängt Perlen in die kleinen Ohren, lässt Goldbänder auf der Frische der atlasglänzenden Schultern leuchten.“
„Um die freistehenden Ränder mancher Blätter zu krausen und zu fälteln, dienen kleine stählerne Zängelchen.“
Antonyms
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.