rekeln
German, verb/ˈʁeːkəln/
rekeln is spelled R-E-K-E-L-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 49 million words in written German, the 423,336th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rekeln is a German verb meaning “alternative form of räkeln” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Körper und Gliedmaßen ungezwungen hin- und herbewegend dehnen und recken”.
What does rekeln mean in English?
verb
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alternative form of 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 rekeln
- rekelt present singular third-person
- rekelte past
- gerekelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- rekelnd participle present
- rekle first-person indicative present
- rekele first-person indicative present
- rekel first-person indicative present
- rekelst indicative present second-person
- rekelest second-person singular subjunctive
- reklest second-person singular subjunctive
- rekelet plural second-person subjunctive
- reklet plural second-person subjunctive
- rekelten first-person indicative plural
- rekeltest indicative preterite second-person
- rekeltet indicative plural preterite
- räkeln variant
- rekle! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce rekeln?
- /ˈʁeːkəln/
- [ˈʁeːkl̩n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is rekeln in German?
rekeln appears about once in every 49 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).