hätscheln
German, verb/ˈhɛt͡ʃl̩n/
hätscheln is spelled H-Ä-T-S-C-H-E-L-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written German, the 321,814th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Hätscheln is a German verb meaning “to fondle, feel up” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “zu jemandem oder etwas zärtlich sein”.
What does hätscheln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to fondle, feel up
- 2
to pamper
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. zu jemandem oder etwas zärtlich sein 2. jemanden zu sehr verwöhnen 3. an einer Sache oder einer Tätigkeit sehr hängen
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 hätscheln
- hätschelt present singular third-person
- hätschelte past
- gehätschelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- hätschelnd participle present
- hätschle first-person indicative present
- hätschele first-person indicative present
- hätschel first-person indicative present
- hätschelst indicative present second-person
- hätschelest second-person singular subjunctive
- hätschlest second-person singular subjunctive
- hätschelet plural second-person subjunctive
- hätschlet plural second-person subjunctive
- hätschelten first-person indicative plural
- hätscheltest indicative preterite second-person
- hätscheltet indicative plural preterite
- hätschle! imperative singular
- hätschele! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce hätscheln?
- /ˈhɛt͡ʃl̩n/
- [ˈhɛt͡ʃl̩n]
- [ˈhɛːt͡ʃl̩n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to hätscheln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is hätscheln in German?
hätscheln appears about once in every 30 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).