sächseln
German, verb
sächseln is spelled S-Ä-C-H-S-E-L-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 66 million words in written German, the 501,868th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sächseln is a German verb meaning “to speak or sound (ober-)sächsisch (like one is from Saxony)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Sächseln is a different word: “gerund of sächseln”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Deutsch mit sächsischem Akzent oder in sächsischem Dialekt sprechen”.
What does sächseln mean in English?
verb
- 1
derogatoryto speak or sound (ober-)sächsisch (like one is from Saxony).
noun
- 1
neutergerund of sächseln
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Deutsch mit sächsischem Akzent oder in sächsischem Dialekt sprechen
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 sächseln
- sächselt present singular third-person
- sächselte past
- gesächselt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- sächselnd participle present
- sächsle first-person indicative present
- sächsele first-person indicative present
- sächsel first-person indicative present
- sächselst indicative present second-person
- sächselest second-person singular subjunctive
- sächslest second-person singular subjunctive
- sächselet plural second-person subjunctive
- sächslet plural second-person subjunctive
- sächselten first-person indicative plural
- sächseltest indicative preterite second-person
- sächseltet indicative plural preterite
- sächsle! imperative singular
- sächsele! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is sächseln in German?
sächseln appears about once in every 66 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).