paddeln
German, verb
paddeln is spelled P-A-D-D-E-L-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 45,196th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Paddeln is a German verb meaning “to paddle (propel a canoe)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Paddeln is a different word: “dative plural of Paddel”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Boot (speziell ein Paddelboot) im Wasser durch Bewegungen eines Ruderblattes (eines Paddels) vorwärts…”.
What does paddeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to paddle (propel a canoe)
- 2
to make floundering or twitchy movements (especially in water); to paddle; to swim clumsily (like a dog); to keep oneself afloat by moving one's arms up and down
noun
- 1
neuterdative plural of Paddel
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ein Boot (speziell ein Paddelboot) im Wasser durch Bewegungen eines Ruderblattes (eines Paddels) vorwärts bewegen 2. die Arme und Beine hin und her und auf und ab bewegen, (um im Wasser nicht unterzugehen)
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 paddeln
- paddelt present singular third-person
- paddelte past
- gepaddelt participle past
- sein auxiliary
- paddelnd participle present
- paddle first-person indicative present
- paddele first-person indicative present
- paddel first-person indicative present
- paddelst indicative present second-person
- paddelest second-person singular subjunctive
- paddlest second-person singular subjunctive
- paddelet plural second-person subjunctive
- paddlet plural second-person subjunctive
- paddelten first-person indicative plural
- paddeltest indicative preterite second-person
- paddeltet indicative plural preterite
- paddle! imperative singular
- paddele! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to paddeln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is paddeln in German?
paddeln appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).