hackeln
German, verb/ˈhakl̩n/
hackeln is spelled H-A-C-K-E-L-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written German, the 241,486th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hackeln is a German verb meaning “to work (hard)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “(schwere körperliche) Arbeit verrichten”.
What does hackeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
Austriainformalto work (hard)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. (schwere körperliche) Arbeit verrichten
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 hackeln
- hackelt present singular third-person
- hackelte past
- gehackelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- hackelnd participle present
- hackle first-person indicative present
- hackele first-person indicative present
- hackel first-person indicative present
- hackelst indicative present second-person
- hackelest second-person singular subjunctive
- hacklest second-person singular subjunctive
- hackelet plural second-person subjunctive
- hacklet plural second-person subjunctive
- hackelten first-person indicative plural
- hackeltest indicative preterite second-person
- hackeltet indicative plural preterite
- hackel! imperative singular
- hackle! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hackeln?
- /ˈhakl̩n/
- [ˈhɑɡ̥ːl̩n]
- [ˈhakl̩n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is hackeln in German?
hackeln appears about once in every 18 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).