kritzeln
German, verb/ˈkʁɪtsl̩n/
kritzeln is spelled K-R-I-T-Z-E-L-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 91,399th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kritzeln is a German verb meaning “to scribble (write carelessly)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas in kurzer Zeit und mit schlechter Qualität schreiben, malen oder zeichnen”.
What does kritzeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to scribble (write carelessly)
- 2
to scrawl (write irregularly)
- 3
to write in very small letters
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas in kurzer Zeit und mit schlechter Qualität schreiben, malen oder zeichnen
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 kritzeln
- kritzelt present singular third-person
- kritzelte past
- gekritzelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- kritzelnd participle present
- kritzle first-person indicative present
- kritzele first-person indicative present
- kritzel first-person indicative present
- kritzelst indicative present second-person
- kritzelest second-person singular subjunctive
- kritzlest second-person singular subjunctive
- kritzelet plural second-person subjunctive
- kritzlet plural second-person subjunctive
- kritzelten first-person indicative plural
- kritzeltest indicative preterite second-person
- kritzeltet indicative plural preterite
- kritzele! imperative singular
- kritzelt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kritzeln?
- /ˈkʁɪtsl̩n/
- /ˈkʁɪtsəln/
- [ˈkʁɪt͡sl̩n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to kritzeln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is kritzeln in German?
kritzeln appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).