schrumpeln
German, verb
schrumpeln is spelled S-C-H-R-U-M-P-E-L-N (10 letters) and appears about once in every 50 million words in written German, the 428,887th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schrumpeln is a German verb meaning “to shrivel (e.g. skin)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Schrumpeln is a different word: “gerund of schrumpeln”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Feuchtigkeit verlieren und dadurch an Masse verlieren und faltig werden”.
What does schrumpeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to shrivel (e.g. skin)
Wenn man im Wasser ist, fängt die Haut irgendwann an zu schrumpeln.
noun
- 1
neutergerund of schrumpeln
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Feuchtigkeit verlieren und dadurch an Masse verlieren und faltig werden 2. weniger werden
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 schrumpeln
- schrumpelt present singular third-person
- schrumpelte past
- geschrumpelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- schrumpelnd participle present
- schrumple first-person indicative present
- schrumpele first-person indicative present
- schrumpel first-person indicative present
- schrumpelst indicative present second-person
- schrumpelest second-person singular subjunctive
- schrumplest second-person singular subjunctive
- schrumpelet plural second-person subjunctive
- schrumplet plural second-person subjunctive
- schrumpelten first-person indicative plural
- schrumpeltest indicative preterite second-person
- schrumpeltet indicative plural preterite
- schrumpel! imperative singular
- schrumpele! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to schrumpeln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is schrumpeln in German?
schrumpeln appears about once in every 50 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).