frickeln
German, verb/ˈfʁɪkl̩n/
frickeln is spelled F-R-I-C-K-E-L-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 69 million words in written German, the 515,032nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Frickeln is a German verb meaning “to rig, fiddle, tinker” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein technisches/handwerkliches Problem oder eine Aufgabe mühsam, kleinteilig oder zeitaufwändig zu lösen…”.
What does frickeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialto rig, fiddle, tinker
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ein technisches/handwerkliches Problem oder eine Aufgabe mühsam, kleinteilig oder zeitaufwändig zu lösen versuchen
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 frickeln
- frickelt present singular third-person
- frickelte past
- gefrickelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- frickelnd participle present
- frickle first-person indicative present
- frickele first-person indicative present
- frickel first-person indicative present
- frickelst indicative present second-person
- frickelest second-person singular subjunctive
- fricklest second-person singular subjunctive
- frickelet plural second-person subjunctive
- fricklet plural second-person subjunctive
- frickelten first-person indicative plural
- frickeltest indicative preterite second-person
- frickeltet indicative plural preterite
- frickele! imperative singular
- frickle! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce frickeln?
- /ˈfʁɪkl̩n/
- /ˈfʁɪkəln/
- [ˈfʁɪkl̩n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to frickeln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is frickeln in German?
frickeln appears about once in every 69 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).