nieseln
German, verb/ˈniːzl̩n/
nieseln is spelled N-I-E-S-E-L-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written German, the 228,970th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nieseln is a German verb meaning “to drizzle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sanft, fein regnen”.
What does nieseln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to drizzle
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sanft, fein regnen
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 nieseln
- nieselt present singular third-person
- nieselte past
- genieselt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- nieselnd participle present
- niesele singular subjunctive subjunctive-i
- niesle singular subjunctive subjunctive-i
- nieselten indicative plural preterite
- hat genieselt indicative multiword-construction perfect
- haben genieselt indicative multiword-construction perfect
- habe genieselt multiword-construction perfect singular
- hatte genieselt indicative multiword-construction pluperfect
- hatten genieselt indicative multiword-construction pluperfect
- hätte genieselt multiword-construction pluperfect singular
- hätten genieselt multiword-construction pluperfect plural
- nieseln werden future future-i infinitive
- werde nieseln future future-i multiword-construction
- werden nieseln future future-i multiword-construction
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nieseln?
- /ˈniːzl̩n/
- /ˈniːzəln/
- [ˈniːzl̩n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to nieseln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is nieseln in German?
nieseln appears about once in every 17 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).