nuckeln
German, verb/ˈnʊkəln/
nuckeln is spelled N-U-C-K-E-L-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 83,766th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nuckeln is a German verb meaning “to suckle (of babies on a breast, a pacifier, etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “(an) etwas saugen, lutschen”.
What does nuckeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
informalto suckle (of babies on a breast, a pacifier, etc.)
- 2
informalto sip (to drink from e.g. a bottle in small sips)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. (an) etwas saugen, lutschen
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 nuckeln
- nuckelt present singular third-person
- nuckelte past
- genuckelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- nuckelnd participle present
- nuckle first-person indicative present
- nuckele first-person indicative present
- nuckel first-person indicative present
- nuckelst indicative present second-person
- nuckelest second-person singular subjunctive
- nucklest second-person singular subjunctive
- nuckelet plural second-person subjunctive
- nucklet plural second-person subjunctive
- nuckelten first-person indicative plural
- nuckeltest indicative preterite second-person
- nuckeltet indicative plural preterite
- nuckele! imperative singular
- nuckle! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce nuckeln?
- /ˈnʊkəln/
- [ˈnʊ.kl̩n]
- [ˈnʊkl̩n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is nuckeln in German?
nuckeln appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).