regeln
German, verb
regeln is spelled R-E-G-E-L-N (6 letters) and appears 71 times per million words in written German, the 1,205th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Regeln is a German verb meaning “to regulate” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Regeln is a different word: “plural of Regel (“rule”)”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “anordnen oder vereinbaren, wie etwas auszuführen sei, um einen gewünschten Zustand zu erreichen”.
What does regeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to regulate
- 2
to control (to adjust an apparatus)
- 3
to take care of, to deal with, to see to (errands, a situation, a small task)
noun
- 1
plural of Regel (“rule”)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. anordnen oder vereinbaren, wie etwas auszuführen sei, um einen gewünschten Zustand zu erreichen 2. etwas in einen gewünschten Zustand bringen, zum Beispiel ein Gerät 3. automatisch in einen konstanten Sollzustand überführen (Regler, Regelautomat, Regelungstechnik)
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 regeln
- regelt present singular third-person
- regelte past
- geregelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- regelnd participle present
- regle first-person indicative present
- regele first-person indicative present
- regel first-person indicative present
- regelst indicative present second-person
- regelest second-person singular subjunctive
- reglest second-person singular subjunctive
- regelet plural second-person subjunctive
- reglet plural second-person subjunctive
- regelten first-person indicative plural
- regeltest indicative preterite second-person
- regeltet indicative plural preterite
- regle! imperative singular
- regele! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to regeln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is regeln in German?
regeln appears 71 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).