johlen
German, verb
johlen is spelled J-O-H-L-E-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 111,951st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Johlen is a German verb meaning “to hoot, howl, or jeer” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Johlen is a different word: “gerund of johlen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit dem Sprachorgan unbestimmte Laute erzeugen, mit dem Ziel zu lärmen”.
What does johlen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to hoot, howl, or jeer
noun
- 1
neutergerund of johlen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mit dem Sprachorgan unbestimmte Laute erzeugen, mit dem Ziel zu lärmen
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 johlen
- johlt present singular third-person
- johlte past
- gejohlt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- johlend participle present
- johle first-person indicative present
- johlst indicative present second-person
- johlest second-person singular subjunctive
- johlet plural second-person subjunctive
- johlten first-person indicative plural
- johltest indicative preterite second-person
- johltet indicative plural preterite
- johl imperative second-person singular
- habe gejohlt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gejohlt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- johl! imperative singular
- johle! imperative singular
- johlt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to johlen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is johlen in German?
johlen appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).