nebeln
German, verb
nebeln is spelled N-E-B-E-L-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 142,439th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nebeln is a German verb meaning “to grow foggy” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Nebeln is a different word: “dative plural of Nebel”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich mit Nebel, Dunst füllen; neblig werden”.
What does nebeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to grow foggy
- 2
to lay a smokescreen
noun
- 1
masculinedative plural of Nebel
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich mit Nebel, Dunst füllen; neblig werden 2. Pflanzenschutzmittel versprühen
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 nebeln
- nebelt present singular third-person
- nebelte past
- genebelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- nebelnd participle present
- neble first-person indicative present
- nebele first-person indicative present
- nebel first-person indicative present
- nebelst indicative present second-person
- nebelest second-person singular subjunctive
- neblest second-person singular subjunctive
- nebelet plural second-person subjunctive
- neblet plural second-person subjunctive
- nebelten first-person indicative plural
- nebeltest indicative preterite second-person
- nebeltet indicative plural preterite
- neble! imperative singular
- nebele! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is nebeln in German?
nebeln appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).