orakeln
German, verb
orakeln is spelled O-R-A-K-E-L-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 154,802nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Orakeln is a German verb meaning “to prognosticate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Orakeln is a different word: “dative plural of Orakel”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “in Rätseln und Andeutungen sprechen”.
What does orakeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to prognosticate
noun
- 1
neuterdative plural of Orakel
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. in Rätseln und Andeutungen 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 orakeln
- orakelt present singular third-person
- orakelte past
- haben auxiliary
- orakelnd participle present
- orakle first-person indicative present
- orakele first-person indicative present
- orakel first-person indicative present
- orakelst indicative present second-person
- orakelest second-person singular subjunctive
- oraklest second-person singular subjunctive
- orakelet plural second-person subjunctive
- oraklet plural second-person subjunctive
- orakelten first-person indicative plural
- orakeltest indicative preterite second-person
- orakeltet indicative plural preterite
- orakle! imperative singular
- orakele! imperative singular
- orakelt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to orakeln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is orakeln in German?
orakeln appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).