häckseln
German, verb/ˈhɛksl̩n/
häckseln is spelled H-Ä-C-K-S-E-L-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 168,023rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Häckseln is a German verb meaning “to shred, to chop up” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas (meist Pflanzenteile) maschinell in kleine Stücke zerhacken oder zerschneiden”.
What does häckseln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to shred, to chop up
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas (meist Pflanzenteile) maschinell in kleine Stücke zerhacken oder zerschneiden
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 häckseln
- häckselt present singular third-person
- häckselte past
- gehäckselt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- häckselnd participle present
- häcksle first-person indicative present
- häcksele first-person indicative present
- häcksel first-person indicative present
- häckselst indicative present second-person
- häckselest second-person singular subjunctive
- häckslest second-person singular subjunctive
- häckselet plural second-person subjunctive
- häckslet plural second-person subjunctive
- häckselten first-person indicative plural
- häckseltest indicative preterite second-person
- häckseltet indicative plural preterite
- häcksle! imperative singular
- häcksele! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce häckseln?
- /ˈhɛksl̩n/
- [ˈhɛksl̩n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is häckseln in German?
häckseln appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).