füllen
German, verb
füllen is spelled F-Ü-L-L-E-N (6 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written German, the 5,161st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Füllen is a German verb meaning “to fill” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Füllen is a different word: “alternative form of Fohlen (“young horse”)”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “einen Behälter voll machen, eine Aushöhlung stopfen”.
What does füllen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to fill
- 2
to stuff
noun
- 1
datedneuteralternative form of Fohlen (“young horse”)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of füllen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. einen Behälter voll machen, eine Aushöhlung stopfen 2. voll werden 3. in einem Zeitraum etwas anbieten
noun: 1. junges Pferd, junger Esel, junges Kamel 2. ein Sternbild (Equuleus)
noun: 1. Der Vorgang, einen Hohlraum voll zu machen
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 füllen
- füllt present singular third-person
- füllte past
- gefüllt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- füllend participle present
- fülle first-person indicative present
- füllst indicative present second-person
- füllest second-person singular subjunctive
- füllet plural second-person subjunctive
- füllten first-person indicative plural
- fülltest indicative preterite second-person
- fülltet indicative plural preterite
- füll imperative second-person singular
- habe gefüllt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gefüllt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- fülle! imperative singular
- füllt! imperative plural
- gefüllt haben active infinitive perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to füllen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is füllen in German?
füllen appears 14 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).