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knuddeln

German, verb

knuddeln is spelled K-N-U-D-D-E-L-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 60,441st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Knuddeln is a German verb meaning “to cuddle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, knüddeln is a different word: “to rumple (fabric, paper, etc.)”. With a capital, Knuddeln is a different word: “gerund of knuddeln”. On this page, Knüddeln is a different word: “gerund of knüddeln”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas oder jemanden kräftig, aber liebevoll an sich drücken und kuscheln”.

What does knuddeln mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to cuddle

verb

as knüddeln
  1. 1

    to rumple (fabric, paper, etc.)

  2. 2

    to stuff something somewhere (e.g. clothes in a bag) thereby causing it to rumple

noun

as Knuddeln
  1. 1

    neutergerund of knuddeln

noun

as Knüddeln
  1. 1

    neutergerund of knüddeln

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. etwas oder jemanden kräftig, aber liebevoll an sich drücken und kuscheln

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 knuddeln

  • knuddelt present singular third-person
  • knuddelte past
  • geknuddelt participle past
  • haben auxiliary
  • knuddelnd participle present
  • knuddle first-person indicative present
  • knuddele first-person indicative present
  • knuddel first-person indicative present
  • knuddelst indicative present second-person
  • knuddelest second-person singular subjunctive
  • knuddlest second-person singular subjunctive
  • knuddelet plural second-person subjunctive
  • knuddlet plural second-person subjunctive
  • knuddelten first-person indicative plural
  • knuddeltest indicative preterite second-person
  • knuddeltet indicative plural preterite
  • [1] im Internet: *knu* abbreviation
  • knuddele! imperative singular

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to knuddeln

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is knuddeln in German?

knuddeln appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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