prellen
German, verb/ˈpʁɛlən/
prellen is spelled P-R-E-L-L-E-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 85,035th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Prellen is a German verb meaning “to bruise; to bash (part of one's body)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “die Rechnung in einem Restaurant nicht bezahlen”.
What does prellen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to bruise; to bash (part of one's body)
- 2
to trick (someone) out of; to bilk
- 3
to not pay (a bill)
- 4
to bounce
- 5
to toss (a fox into the air using a sling)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. die Rechnung in einem Restaurant nicht bezahlen 2. jemanden trickreich und arglistig um die Rückzahlung eines Geldbetrages bringen 3. als Schalterkontakt nachfedern 4. stumpf verletzen; eine Prellung zufügen
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 prellen
- prellt present singular third-person
- prellte past
- geprellt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- prellend participle present
- prelle first-person indicative present
- prellst indicative present second-person
- prellest second-person singular subjunctive
- prellet plural second-person subjunctive
- prellten first-person indicative plural
- prelltest indicative preterite second-person
- prelltet indicative plural preterite
- prell imperative second-person singular
- habe geprellt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben geprellt first-person indicative multiword-construction
- prelle! imperative singular
- prellt! imperative plural
- sein auxiliary perfect
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce prellen?
- /ˈpʁɛlən/
- [ˈpʁɛlən]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to prellen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is prellen in German?
prellen appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).