kritteln
German, verb/ˈkrɪtəln/
kritteln is spelled K-R-I-T-T-E-L-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 51 million words in written German, the 434,655th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kritteln is a German verb meaning “to quibble, cavil, nitpick” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “in kleinlicher Weise kritisieren”.
What does kritteln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to quibble, cavil, nitpick
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. in kleinlicher Weise kritisieren
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 kritteln
- krittelt present singular third-person
- krittelte past
- gekrittelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- krittelnd participle present
- krittle first-person indicative present
- krittele first-person indicative present
- krittel first-person indicative present
- krittelst indicative present second-person
- krittelest second-person singular subjunctive
- krittlest second-person singular subjunctive
- krittelet plural second-person subjunctive
- krittlet plural second-person subjunctive
- krittelten first-person indicative plural
- kritteltest indicative preterite second-person
- kritteltet indicative plural preterite
- krittle! imperative singular
- krittele! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kritteln?
- /ˈkrɪtəln/
- [ˈkʁɪtl̩n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to kritteln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is kritteln in German?
kritteln appears about once in every 51 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).