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näseln

German, verb[ˈnɛːzl̩n]

näseln is spelled N-Ä-S-E-L-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 54 million words in written German, the 446,287th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Näseln is a German verb meaning “to talk nasally; to talk through one's nose” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “durch die Nase sprechen oder singen; nasal sprechen oder singen”.

What does näseln mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    to talk nasally; to talk through one's nose

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. durch die Nase sprechen oder singen; nasal sprechen oder singen

noun: 1. näselnde Art zu sprechen

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 näseln

  • näselt present singular third-person
  • näselte past
  • genäselt participle past
  • haben auxiliary
  • näselnd participle present
  • näsle first-person indicative present
  • näsele first-person indicative present
  • näsel first-person indicative present
  • näselst indicative present second-person
  • näselest second-person singular subjunctive
  • näslest second-person singular subjunctive
  • näselet plural second-person subjunctive
  • näslet plural second-person subjunctive
  • näselten first-person indicative plural
  • näseltest indicative preterite second-person
  • näseltet indicative plural preterite
  • näsle! imperative singular
  • näsele! imperative singular

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce näseln?

  • [ˈnɛːzl̩n]
  • [ˈneːzl̩n]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to näseln

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is näseln in German?

näseln appears about once in every 54 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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