picheln
German, verb/ˈpɪçəln/
picheln is spelled P-I-C-H-E-L-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 87 million words in written German, the 586,900th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Picheln is a German verb meaning “to tipple (to drink alcohol regularly, but not to excess)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “umgangssprachlich, salopp, regional: alkoholische Getränke zu sich nehmen”.
What does picheln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to tipple (to drink alcohol regularly, but not to excess)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. umgangssprachlich, salopp, regional: alkoholische Getränke zu sich nehmen
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 picheln
- pichelt present singular third-person
- pichelte past
- gepichelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- pichelnd participle present
- pichle first-person indicative present
- pichele first-person indicative present
- pichel first-person indicative present
- pichelst indicative present second-person
- pichelest second-person singular subjunctive
- pichlest second-person singular subjunctive
- pichelet plural second-person subjunctive
- pichlet plural second-person subjunctive
- pichelten first-person indicative plural
- picheltest indicative preterite second-person
- picheltet indicative plural preterite
- pichel! imperative singular
- pichelt! imperative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce picheln?
- /ˈpɪçəln/
- [ˈpɪçl̩n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to picheln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is picheln in German?
picheln appears about once in every 87 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).