kichern
German, verb
kichern is spelled K-I-C-H-E-R-N (7 letters) and appears 1.5 times per million words in written German, the 29,051st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kichern is a German verb meaning “to giggle, snicker” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Kichern is a different word: “gerund of kichern; giggle, snicker”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “verhalten, stoßweise lachen”.
What does kichern mean in English?
verb
- 1
to giggle, snicker
noun
- 1
neutergerund of kichern; giggle, snicker
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. verhalten, stoßweise lachen
noun: 1. verhaltenes, stoßweises Lachen
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 kichern
- kichert present singular third-person
- kicherte past
- gekichert participle past
- haben auxiliary
- kichernd participle present
- kichre first-person indicative present
- kichere first-person indicative present
- kicher first-person indicative present
- kicherst indicative present second-person
- kicherest second-person singular subjunctive
- kichrest second-person singular subjunctive
- kicheret plural second-person subjunctive
- kichret plural second-person subjunctive
- kicherten first-person indicative plural
- kichertest indicative preterite second-person
- kichertet indicative plural preterite
- kichere! imperative singular
- kichert! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to kichern
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is kichern in German?
kichern appears 1.5 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).