katzbuckeln
German, verb[ˈkat͡sˌbʊkl̩n]
katzbuckeln is spelled K-A-T-Z-B-U-C-K-E-L-N (11 letters) and appears about once in every 40 million words in written German, the 376,420th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Katzbuckeln is a German verb meaning “to grovel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich unterwürfig aufführen/zeigen”.
What does katzbuckeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to grovel
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich unterwürfig aufführen/zeigen
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 katzbuckeln
- katzbuckelt present singular third-person
- katzbuckelte past
- gekatzbuckelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- katzbuckelnd participle present
- katzbuckle first-person indicative present
- katzbuckele first-person indicative present
- katzbuckel first-person indicative present
- katzbuckelst indicative present second-person
- katzbuckelest second-person singular subjunctive
- katzbucklest second-person singular subjunctive
- katzbuckelet plural second-person subjunctive
- katzbucklet plural second-person subjunctive
- katzbuckelten first-person indicative plural
- katzbuckeltest indicative preterite second-person
- katzbuckeltet indicative plural preterite
- katzbuckle! imperative singular
- katzbuckelt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce katzbuckeln?
- [ˈkat͡sˌbʊkl̩n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to katzbuckeln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is katzbuckeln in German?
katzbuckeln appears about once in every 40 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).