häkeln
German, verb/ˈhɛːkəln/
häkeln is spelled H-Ä-K-E-L-N (6 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written German, the 39,278th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Häkeln is a German verb meaning “to crochet” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “einen Faden mit Hilfe einer Häkelnadel zu zusammenhängenden Maschen verknüpfen”.
What does häkeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to crochet
- 2
Austriato tease, to chaff, to banter
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. einen Faden mit Hilfe einer Häkelnadel zu zusammenhängenden Maschen verknüpfen
verb: 1. dem Gegner von hinten kommend den angewinkelten Fuß um den Knöchel haken 2. den Gegner mit dem gewinkelten Ende des Schlägers behindern; haken 3. den Ball mit der Hacke treten 4. den Gegner mit angewinkeltem Fuß/Bein umschlingen
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 häkeln
- häkelt present singular third-person
- häkelte past
- gehäkelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- häkelnd participle present
- häkle first-person indicative present
- häkele first-person indicative present
- häkel first-person indicative present
- häkelst indicative present second-person
- häkelest second-person singular subjunctive
- häklest second-person singular subjunctive
- häkelet plural second-person subjunctive
- häklet plural second-person subjunctive
- häkelten first-person indicative plural
- häkeltest indicative preterite second-person
- häkeltet indicative plural preterite
- häkle! imperative singular
- häkelt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce häkeln?
- /ˈhɛːkəln/
- [ˈhɛːkl̩n]
- [ˈhaːkl̩n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to häkeln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is häkeln in German?
häkeln appears 1.0 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).