kokeln
German, verb/ˈkoːkl̩n/
kokeln is spelled K-O-K-E-L-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 44 million words in written German, the 396,524th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kokeln is a German verb meaning “to play with fire; to handle fire unsafely” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “unvorsichtig mit Feuer spielen”.
What does kokeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to play with fire; to handle fire unsafely
- 2
to smolder
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. unvorsichtig mit Feuer spielen 2. schwach brennen
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 kokeln
- kokelt present singular third-person
- kokelte past
- gekokelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- kokelnd participle present
- kokle first-person indicative present
- kokele first-person indicative present
- kokel first-person indicative present
- kokelst indicative present second-person
- kokelest second-person singular subjunctive
- koklest second-person singular subjunctive
- kokelet plural second-person subjunctive
- koklet plural second-person subjunctive
- kokelten first-person indicative plural
- kokeltest indicative preterite second-person
- kokeltet indicative plural preterite
- gokeln variant
- kokle! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kokeln?
- /ˈkoːkl̩n/
- [ˈkoːkl̩n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is kokeln in German?
kokeln appears about once in every 44 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).