kitzeln
German, verb
kitzeln is spelled K-I-T-Z-E-L-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 43,786th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kitzeln is a German verb meaning “to tickle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Kitzeln is a different word: “dative plural of Kitzel”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “jemanden an empfindlichen Körperstellen derart berühren, dass er zu lachen beginnt”.
What does kitzeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to tickle
Das kitzelt!
noun
- 1
dative plural of Kitzel
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. jemanden an empfindlichen Körperstellen derart berühren, dass er zu lachen beginnt 2. ein Gefühl an einer Körperstelle bekommen, das irritiert, aber nicht weh tut 3. anstacheln/veranlassen etwas zu tun, locken/verlocken
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 kitzeln
- kitzelt present singular third-person
- kitzelte past
- gekitzelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- kitzelnd participle present
- kitzle first-person indicative present
- kitzele first-person indicative present
- kitzel first-person indicative present
- kitzelst indicative present second-person
- kitzelest second-person singular subjunctive
- kitzlest second-person singular subjunctive
- kitzelet plural second-person subjunctive
- kitzlet plural second-person subjunctive
- kitzelten first-person indicative plural
- kitzeltest indicative preterite second-person
- kitzeltet indicative plural preterite
- kitzele! imperative singular
- kitzelt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to kitzeln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is kitzeln in German?
kitzeln appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).