rangeln
German, verb/ˈʁaŋəln/
rangeln is spelled R-A-N-G-E-L-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written German, the 184,742nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rangeln is a German verb meaning “to jostle, scrap, wrestle (fight physically without dealing serious blows)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich mit jemandem balgen, mit jemandem (um etwas) raufen”.
What does rangeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to jostle, scrap, wrestle (fight physically without dealing serious blows)
- 2
to jockey, wrangle for
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich mit jemandem balgen, mit jemandem (um etwas) raufen
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 rangeln
- rangelt present singular third-person
- rangelte past
- gerangelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- rangelnd participle present
- rangle first-person indicative present
- rangele first-person indicative present
- rangel first-person indicative present
- rangelst indicative present second-person
- rangelest second-person singular subjunctive
- ranglest second-person singular subjunctive
- rangelet plural second-person subjunctive
- ranglet plural second-person subjunctive
- rangelten first-person indicative plural
- rangeltest indicative preterite second-person
- rangeltet indicative plural preterite
- rangele! imperative singular
- rangle! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rangeln?
- /ˈʁaŋəln/
- [ˈʁaŋl̩n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to rangeln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rangeln in German?
rangeln appears about once in every 11 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).