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radeln

German, verb/ʁaːdl̩n/

radeln is spelled R-A-D-E-L-N (6 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written German, the 24,295th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Radeln is a German verb meaning “to cycle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Fahrrad fahren”.

What does radeln mean in English?

verb

  1. 1

    colloquialto cycle

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

verb: 1. Fahrrad fahren 2. mit dem Fahrrad in eine bestimmte Richtung oder an einen bestimmten Ort fahren

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 radeln

  • radelt present singular third-person
  • radelte past
  • geradelt participle past
  • sein auxiliary
  • radelnd participle present
  • radle first-person indicative present
  • radele first-person indicative present
  • radel first-person indicative present
  • radelst indicative present second-person
  • radelest second-person singular subjunctive
  • radlest second-person singular subjunctive
  • radelet plural second-person subjunctive
  • radlet plural second-person subjunctive
  • radelten first-person indicative plural
  • radeltest indicative preterite second-person
  • radeltet indicative plural preterite
  • radele! imperative singular
  • radelt! imperative plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce radeln?

  • /ʁaːdl̩n/
  • [ˈʁaːdl̩n]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to radeln

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is radeln in German?

radeln appears 2.0 times per million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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