makeln
German, verb
makeln is spelled M-A-K-E-L-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written German, the 146,442nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Makeln is a German verb meaning “to act as a broker” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, mäkeln is a different word: “to nag; to find fault with”. With a capital, Makeln is a different word: “dative plural of Makel”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “bei einem Kauf und/oder Verkauf als Vermittler tätig sein”.
What does makeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to act as a broker
- 2
to be a broker for
verb
- 1
to nag; to find fault with
noun
- 1
masculinedative plural of Makel
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas an jemandem oder einer Sache/einem Sachverhalt auszusetzen haben
verb: 1. bei einem Kauf und/oder Verkauf als Vermittler tätig sein 2. zwischen zwei gleichzeitig zugeschalteten Gesprächspartnern am Telefon hin und her wechseln
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 makeln
- mäkelt present singular third-person
- mäkelte past
- gemäkelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- mäkelnd participle present
- mäkle first-person indicative present
- mäkele first-person indicative present
- mäkel first-person indicative present
- mäkelst indicative present second-person
- mäkelest second-person singular subjunctive
- mäklest second-person singular subjunctive
- mäkelet plural second-person subjunctive
- mäklet plural second-person subjunctive
- mäkelten first-person indicative plural
- mäkeltest indicative preterite second-person
- mäkeltet indicative plural preterite
- mäkel! imperative singular
- mäkelt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to makeln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is makeln in German?
makeln appears about once in every 8 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).