foulen
German, verb/faʊ̯lən/
foulen is spelled F-O-U-L-E-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 24 million words in written German, the 282,248th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Foulen is a German verb meaning “to foul (to make contact with an opposing player in order to gain advantage)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “einen Gegenspieler mit unfairen, regelwidrigen Mitteln benachteiligen”.
What does foulen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to foul (to make contact with an opposing player in order to gain advantage)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. einen Gegenspieler mit unfairen, regelwidrigen Mitteln benachteiligen
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 foulen
- foult present singular third-person
- foulte past
- gefoult participle past
- haben auxiliary
- foulend participle present
- foule first-person indicative present
- foulst indicative present second-person
- foulest second-person singular subjunctive
- foulet plural second-person subjunctive
- foulten first-person indicative plural
- foultest indicative preterite second-person
- foultet indicative plural preterite
- foul imperative second-person singular
- habe gefoult first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gefoult first-person indicative multiword-construction
- foul! imperative singular
- foule! imperative singular
- foult! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce foulen?
- /faʊ̯lən/
- [ˈfaʊ̯lən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is foulen in German?
foulen appears about once in every 24 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).