pökeln
German, verb/ˈpøːkəln/
pökeln is spelled P-Ö-K-E-L-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written German, the 238,212th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pökeln is a German verb meaning “to brine (to preserve food (especially meat) in a salt solution)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Fleisch durch Einlegen in Salzlake haltbar machen”.
What does pökeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to brine (to preserve food (especially meat) in a salt solution)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Fleisch durch Einlegen in Salzlake haltbar machen
noun: 1. das Einlegen von Fleisch in Salzlake
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 pökeln
- pökelt present singular third-person
- pökelte past
- gepökelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- pökelnd participle present
- pökle first-person indicative present
- pökele first-person indicative present
- pökel first-person indicative present
- pökelst indicative present second-person
- pökelest second-person singular subjunctive
- pöklest second-person singular subjunctive
- pökelet plural second-person subjunctive
- pöklet plural second-person subjunctive
- pökelten first-person indicative plural
- pökeltest indicative preterite second-person
- pökeltet indicative plural preterite
- pökle! imperative singular
- pökele! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce pökeln?
- /ˈpøːkəln/
- [ˈpøːkl̩n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to pökeln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is pökeln in German?
pökeln appears about once in every 18 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).