kraxeln
German, verb/ˈkʁaksəln/
kraxeln is spelled K-R-A-X-E-L-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written German, the 214,094th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kraxeln is a German verb meaning “to clamber (climb with difficulty)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich mühsam aufwärts bewegen”.
What does kraxeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialto clamber (climb with difficulty)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich mühsam aufwärts bewegen
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 kraxeln
- kraxelt present singular third-person
- kraxelte past
- gekraxelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- kraxelnd participle present
- kraxle first-person indicative present
- kraxele first-person indicative present
- kraxel first-person indicative present
- kraxelst indicative present second-person
- kraxelest second-person singular subjunctive
- kraxlest second-person singular subjunctive
- kraxelet plural second-person subjunctive
- kraxlet plural second-person subjunctive
- kraxelten first-person indicative plural
- kraxeltest indicative preterite second-person
- kraxeltet indicative plural preterite
- kraxle! imperative singular
- kraxel! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kraxeln?
- /ˈkʁaksəln/
- [ˈkʁaksl̩n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to kraxeln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is kraxeln in German?
kraxeln appears about once in every 15 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).