ringeln
German, verb/ˈʁɪŋəln/
ringeln is spelled R-I-N-G-E-L-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written German, the 195,050th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ringeln is a German verb meaning “to twine, entwine, to curl” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “so formen, dass das Ende den Anfang berührt und ein Ringel entsteht”.
What does ringeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to twine, entwine, to curl
- 2
to curl
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. so formen, dass das Ende den Anfang berührt und ein Ringel entsteht 2. sich in Bögen oder spiralförmig formen
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 ringeln
- ringelt present singular third-person
- ringelte past
- geringelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- ringelnd participle present
- ringle first-person indicative present
- ringele first-person indicative present
- ringel first-person indicative present
- ringelst indicative present second-person
- ringelest second-person singular subjunctive
- ringlest second-person singular subjunctive
- ringelet plural second-person subjunctive
- ringlet plural second-person subjunctive
- ringelten first-person indicative plural
- ringeltest indicative preterite second-person
- ringeltet indicative plural preterite
- ringel! imperative singular
- ringle! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce ringeln?
- /ˈʁɪŋəln/
- [ˈʁɪŋl̩n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is ringeln in German?
ringeln appears about once in every 13 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).