fischeln
German, verb/ˈfɪʃln̩/
fischeln is spelled F-I-S-C-H-E-L-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 132,783rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fischeln is a German verb meaning “to smell fishy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “(unangenehm) nach Fisch riechen”.
What does fischeln mean in English?
verb
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AustriaSwitzerlandto smell fishy
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. (unangenehm) nach Fisch riechen
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 fischeln
- fischelt present singular third-person
- fischelte past
- gefischelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- fischelnd participle present
- fischle first-person indicative present
- fischele first-person indicative present
- fischel first-person indicative present
- fischelst indicative present second-person
- fischelest second-person singular subjunctive
- fischlest second-person singular subjunctive
- fischelet plural second-person subjunctive
- fischlet plural second-person subjunctive
- fischelten first-person indicative plural
- fischeltest indicative preterite second-person
- fischeltet indicative plural preterite
- gefischelt haben active infinitive perfect
- zu fischeln active extended infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce fischeln?
- /ˈfɪʃln̩/
- [ˈfɪʃl̩n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is fischeln in German?
fischeln appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).