kränkeln
German, verb[ˈkʁɛŋkl̩n]
kränkeln is spelled K-R-Ä-N-K-E-L-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 168,023rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kränkeln is a German verb meaning “to be sickly; to be frequently or permanently slightly ill” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “(immer wieder) leicht krank, kränklich; nie ganz gesund sein”.
What does kränkeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to be sickly; to be frequently or permanently slightly ill
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. (immer wieder) leicht krank, kränklich; nie ganz gesund sein 2. sich in schlechtem (wirtschaftlichen) Zustand befinden
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 kränkeln
- kränkelt present singular third-person
- kränkelte past
- gekränkelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- kränkelnd participle present
- kränkle first-person indicative present
- kränkele first-person indicative present
- kränkel first-person indicative present
- kränkelst indicative present second-person
- kränkelest second-person singular subjunctive
- kränklest second-person singular subjunctive
- kränkelet plural second-person subjunctive
- kränklet plural second-person subjunctive
- kränkelten first-person indicative plural
- kränkeltest indicative preterite second-person
- kränkeltet indicative plural preterite
- kränkle! imperative singular
- kränkele! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kränkeln?
- [ˈkʁɛŋkl̩n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to kränkeln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is kränkeln in German?
kränkeln appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).