rülpsen
German, verb
rülpsen is spelled R-Ü-L-P-S-E-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 70,098th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Rülpsen is a German verb meaning “to burp” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Rülpsen is a different word: “gerund of rülpsen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Luft aus dem Magen (oder der Speiseröhre) durch den Mund ausstoßen”.
What does rülpsen mean in English?
verb
- 1
to burp
noun
- 1
neutergerund of rülpsen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Luft aus dem Magen (oder der Speiseröhre) durch den Mund ausstoßen
noun: 1. das Ausstoßen von Luft aus dem Magen durch den Mund
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 rülpsen
- rülpst present singular third-person
- rülpste past
- gerülpst participle past
- haben auxiliary
- rülpsend participle present
- rülpse first-person indicative present
- rülpsest second-person singular subjunctive
- rülpset plural second-person subjunctive
- rülpsten first-person indicative plural
- rülpstest indicative preterite second-person
- rülpstet indicative plural preterite
- rülps imperative second-person singular
- habe gerülpst first-person indicative multiword-construction
- haben gerülpst first-person indicative multiword-construction
- rülpse! imperative singular
- rülpst! imperative plural
- gerülpst haben active infinitive perfect
- zu rülpsen active extended infinitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to rülpsen
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is rülpsen in German?
rülpsen appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).