kriseln
German, verb/ˈkʁiːzl̩n/
kriseln is spelled K-R-I-S-E-L-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 41 million words in written German, the 381,294th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kriseln is a German verb meaning “to show signs of impending crisis or conflict” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “(von einer Krise, einem krisenhaften Zustand, einer kritischen Situation) sich irgendwo drohend ankündigen…”.
What does kriseln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to show signs of impending crisis or conflict
Bei ihm hat es in letzter Zeit gekriselt.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. (von einer Krise, einem krisenhaften Zustand, einer kritischen Situation) sich irgendwo drohend ankündigen, bemerkbar machen; irgendwo bestehen
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 kriseln
- kriselt present singular third-person
- kriselte past
- gekriselt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- kriselnd participle present
- krisle first-person indicative present
- krisele first-person indicative present
- krisel first-person indicative present
- kriselst indicative present second-person
- kriselest second-person singular subjunctive
- krislest second-person singular subjunctive
- kriselet plural second-person subjunctive
- krislet plural second-person subjunctive
- kriselten first-person indicative plural
- kriseltest indicative preterite second-person
- kriseltet indicative plural preterite
- gekriselt haben active infinitive perfect
- zu kriseln active extended infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kriseln?
- /ˈkʁiːzl̩n/
- [ˈkʁiːzl̩n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is kriseln in German?
kriseln appears about once in every 41 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).