funkeln
German, verb
funkeln is spelled F-U-N-K-E-L-N (7 letters) and appears 1.2 times per million words in written German, the 34,034th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Funkeln is a German verb meaning “to sparkle, twinkle, glitter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Funkeln is a different word: “gerund of funkeln”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “kurz und schnell aufleuchten, blitzen”.
What does funkeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to sparkle, twinkle, glitter
noun
- 1
neutergerund of funkeln
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. kurz und schnell aufleuchten, blitzen 2. als Ausdruck einer Emotion, die (meist) in den Augen sichtbar wird: Erregung oder Freude ausstrahlen 3. durch besonderen Witz herausragen, besonders geistreich sein
noun: 1. Eigenschaft/Vorgang, dass etwas funkelt
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 funkeln
- funkelt present singular third-person
- funkelte past
- gefunkelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- funkelnd participle present
- funkle first-person indicative present
- funkele first-person indicative present
- funkel first-person indicative present
- funkelst indicative present second-person
- funkelest second-person singular subjunctive
- funklest second-person singular subjunctive
- funkelet plural second-person subjunctive
- funklet plural second-person subjunctive
- funkelten first-person indicative plural
- funkeltest indicative preterite second-person
- funkeltet indicative plural preterite
- funkle! imperative singular
- funkele! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to funkeln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is funkeln in German?
funkeln appears 1.2 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).