nesteln
German, verb[ˈnɛstl̩n]
nesteln is spelled N-E-S-T-E-L-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 55 million words in written German, the 452,179th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nesteln is a German verb meaning “to fumble, fiddle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “(ungeduldig) an etwas fingern”.
What does nesteln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to fumble, fiddle
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. (ungeduldig) an etwas fingern 2. etwas mit den Fingern zu verbinden, zu öffnen oder zu lösen versuchen
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 nesteln
- nestelt present singular third-person
- nestelte past
- genestelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- nestelnd participle present
- nestle first-person indicative present
- nestele first-person indicative present
- nestel first-person indicative present
- nestelst indicative present second-person
- nestelest second-person singular subjunctive
- nestlest second-person singular subjunctive
- nestelet plural second-person subjunctive
- nestlet plural second-person subjunctive
- nestelten first-person indicative plural
- nesteltest indicative preterite second-person
- nesteltet indicative plural preterite
- nestle! imperative singular
- nestele! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nesteln?
- [ˈnɛstl̩n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is nesteln in German?
nesteln appears about once in every 55 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).