pieseln
German, verb[ˈpiːzl̩n]
pieseln is spelled P-I-E-S-E-L-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 49 million words in written German, the 423,336th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pieseln is a German verb meaning “to drizzle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sanft, mit kleinen Tropfen, ohne viel Wind und Kälte regnen”.
What does pieseln mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialto drizzle
- 2
informalto urinate
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sanft, mit kleinen Tropfen, ohne viel Wind und Kälte regnen 2. seine Notdurft verrichten, urinieren
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 pieseln
- pieselt present singular third-person
- pieselte past
- gepieselt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- pieselnd participle present
- piesle first-person indicative present
- piesele first-person indicative present
- piesel first-person indicative present
- pieselst indicative present second-person
- pieselest second-person singular subjunctive
- pieslest second-person singular subjunctive
- pieselet plural second-person subjunctive
- pieslet plural second-person subjunctive
- pieselten first-person indicative plural
- pieseltest indicative preterite second-person
- pieseltet indicative plural preterite
- bieseln variant Bavarian
- piesel! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pieseln?
- [ˈpiːzl̩n]
- /ˈpiːzəln/
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is pieseln in German?
pieseln appears about once in every 49 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).