köcheln
German, verb/ˈkœçəln/
köcheln is spelled K-Ö-C-H-E-L-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 50,363rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Köcheln is a German verb meaning “to simmer, to boil slightly (be at a temperature just under or just over the boiling point)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “bei geringer Hitze über eine gewisse Zeit leicht kochen”.
What does köcheln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to simmer, to boil slightly (be at a temperature just under or just over the boiling point)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. bei geringer Hitze über eine gewisse Zeit leicht kochen
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 köcheln
- köchelt present singular third-person
- köchelte past
- geköchelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- köchelnd participle present
- köchle first-person indicative present
- köchele first-person indicative present
- köchel first-person indicative present
- köchelst indicative present second-person
- köchelest second-person singular subjunctive
- köchlest second-person singular subjunctive
- köchelet plural second-person subjunctive
- köchlet plural second-person subjunctive
- köchelten first-person indicative plural
- köcheltest indicative preterite second-person
- köcheltet indicative plural preterite
- köchele! imperative singular
- köchle! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce köcheln?
- /ˈkœçəln/
- [ˈkœçl̩n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to köcheln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is köcheln in German?
köcheln 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).