kübeln
German, verb
kübeln is spelled K-Ü-B-E-L-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 72,255th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kübeln is a German verb meaning “to bucket down” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Kübeln is a different word: “dative plural of Kübel”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “den Inhalt aus einem großen Gefäß (Kübel) ausschütten”.
What does kübeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
informalto bucket down
- 2
colloquialto pour out of a bucket
- 3
colloquialto booze heavily
- 4
colloquialto puke, to vomit
- 5
AustriaSwitzerlandinformalto bin, to throw away
noun
- 1
dative plural of Kübel
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. den Inhalt aus einem großen Gefäß (Kübel) ausschütten 2. stark regnen, wie aus Kübeln schütten 3. sich erbrechen 4. reichlich Alkohol zu sich nehmen
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 kübeln
- kübelt present singular third-person
- kübelte past
- gekübelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- kübelnd participle present
- küble first-person indicative present
- kübele first-person indicative present
- kübel first-person indicative present
- kübelst indicative present second-person
- kübelest second-person singular subjunctive
- küblest second-person singular subjunctive
- kübelet plural second-person subjunctive
- küblet plural second-person subjunctive
- kübelten first-person indicative plural
- kübeltest indicative preterite second-person
- kübeltet indicative plural preterite
- kübel! imperative singular
- küble! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to kübeln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is kübeln in German?
kübeln appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).