kielholen
German, verb/ˈkiːlˌhoːlən/
kielholen is spelled K-I-E-L-H-O-L-E-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 56 million words in written German, the 458,101st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kielholen is a German verb meaning “to keelhaul” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Person an einem Tau unter einem Segelschiff von der linken/Backbord- zur rechten/Steuerbord- Seite (oder…”.
What does kielholen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to keelhaul
- 2
to careen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. eine Person an einem Tau unter einem Segelschiff von der linken/Backbord- zur rechten/Steuerbord- Seite (oder andersrum oder vom Bug zum Heck) hindurchziehen 2. ein Schiff kippen/umlegen, so dass man am Unterboden (und Kiel) arbeiten kann
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 kielholen
- kielholt present singular third-person
- kielholte past
- gekielholt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- kielholend participle present
- kielhole first-person indicative present
- kielholst indicative present second-person
- kielholest second-person singular subjunctive
- kielholet plural second-person subjunctive
- kielholten first-person indicative plural
- kielholtest indicative preterite second-person
- kielholtet indicative plural preterite
- kielhol imperative second-person singular
- habe gekielholt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gekielholt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- kielhol! imperative singular
- kielhole! imperative singular
- kielholt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kielholen?
- /ˈkiːlˌhoːlən/
- [ˈkiːlˌhoːlən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to kielholen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is kielholen in German?
kielholen appears about once in every 56 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).