räkeln
German, verb/ˈʁɛːkəln/
räkeln is spelled R-Ä-K-E-L-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written German, the 144,446th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Räkeln is a German verb meaning “to stretch, pandiculate; to loll, to lounge, to sprawl, to stretch out (e.g. on a sofa)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Körper und Gliedmaßen ungezwungen hin- und herbewegend dehnen und recken”.
What does räkeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to stretch, pandiculate; to loll, to lounge, to sprawl, to stretch out (e.g. on a sofa)
Er wachte auf, erhob sich und fing an, sich zu räkeln.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Körper und Gliedmaßen ungezwungen hin- und herbewegend dehnen und recken
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 räkeln
- räkelt present singular third-person
- räkelte past
- geräkelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- räkelnd participle present
- räkle first-person indicative present
- räkele first-person indicative present
- räkel first-person indicative present
- räkelst indicative present second-person
- räkelest second-person singular subjunctive
- räklest second-person singular subjunctive
- räkelet plural second-person subjunctive
- räklet plural second-person subjunctive
- räkelten first-person indicative plural
- räkeltest indicative preterite second-person
- räkeltet indicative plural preterite
- rekeln variant
- räkle! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce räkeln?
- /ˈʁɛːkəln/
- /ˈʁeːkəln/
- [ˈʁɛːkl̩n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to räkeln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is räkeln in German?
räkeln appears about once in every 8 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).