liebäugeln
German, verb[ˈliːpˌʔɔɪ̯ɡl̩n]
liebäugeln is spelled L-I-E-B-Ä-U-G-E-L-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 95,383rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Liebäugeln is a German verb meaning “to make eyes at, to flirt with (a person)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit dem Gedanken spielen, etwas zu tun, was man gerne tun möchte”.
What does liebäugeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to make eyes at, to flirt with (a person)
- 2
to flirt with, to have one's eye on, to toy with (an idea or approach)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mit dem Gedanken spielen, etwas zu tun, was man gerne tun möchte 2. mit jemandem flirten, mit jemandem oder etwas sympathisieren
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 liebäugeln
- liebäugelt present singular third-person
- liebäugelte past
- geliebäugelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- liebäugelnd participle present
- liebäugle first-person indicative present
- liebäugele first-person indicative present
- liebäugel first-person indicative present
- liebäugelst indicative present second-person
- liebäugelest second-person singular subjunctive
- liebäuglest second-person singular subjunctive
- liebäugelet plural second-person subjunctive
- liebäuglet plural second-person subjunctive
- liebäugelten first-person indicative plural
- liebäugeltest indicative preterite second-person
- liebäugeltet indicative plural preterite
- liebäugle! imperative singular
- liebäugele! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce liebäugeln?
- [ˈliːpˌʔɔɪ̯ɡl̩n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to liebäugeln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is liebäugeln in German?
liebäugeln 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).