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geisseln

German, verb

geisseln is spelled G-E-I-S-S-E-L-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 68,093rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Geisseln is a German verb meaning “Switzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of geißeln” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Geisseln is a different word: “plural of Geissel”.

What does geisseln mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    SwitzerlandSwitzerland and Liechtenstein standard spelling of geißeln

noun

as Geisseln
  1. 1

    feminineplural of Geissel

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of geisseln

  • geisselt present singular third-person
  • geisselte past
  • gegeisselt participle past
  • haben auxiliary
  • geisselnd participle present
  • geissle first-person indicative present
  • geissele first-person indicative present
  • geissel first-person indicative present
  • geisselst indicative present second-person
  • geisselest second-person singular subjunctive
  • geisslest second-person singular subjunctive
  • geisselet plural second-person subjunctive
  • geisslet plural second-person subjunctive
  • geisselten first-person indicative plural
  • geisseltest indicative preterite second-person
  • geisseltet indicative plural preterite

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How common is geisseln in German?

geisseln appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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