kuscheln
German, verb/ˈkʊʃəln/
kuscheln is spelled K-U-S-C-H-E-L-N (8 letters) and appears 2.8 times per million words in written German, the 18,843rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kuscheln is a German verb meaning “to cuddle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich an jemanden oder etwas anschmiegen”.
What does kuscheln mean in English?
verb
- 1
rareto cuddle
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich an jemanden oder etwas anschmiegen
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 kuscheln
- kuschelt present singular third-person
- kuschelte past
- gekuschelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- kuschelnd participle present
- kuschle first-person indicative present
- kuschele first-person indicative present
- kuschel first-person indicative present
- kuschelst indicative present second-person
- kuschelest second-person singular subjunctive
- kuschlest second-person singular subjunctive
- kuschelet plural second-person subjunctive
- kuschlet plural second-person subjunctive
- kuschelten first-person indicative plural
- kuscheltest indicative preterite second-person
- kuscheltet indicative plural preterite
- kuschle! imperative singular
- kuschele! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce kuscheln?
- /ˈkʊʃəln/
- [ˈkʊʃl̩n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to kuscheln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is kuscheln in German?
kuscheln appears 2.8 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).