segeln
German, verb
segeln is spelled S-E-G-E-L-N (6 letters) and appears 6.6 times per million words in written German, the 9,876th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Segeln is a German verb meaning “to sail” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Segeln is a different word: “dative plural of Segel”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “schweben, gleiten, fliegen”.
What does segeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to sail
noun
- 1
neuterdative plural of Segel
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. schweben, gleiten, fliegen 2. (als Schiff oder dessen Besatzung) den Wind als Antrieb für die Fortbewegung nutzen
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 segeln
- segelt present singular third-person
- segelte past
- gesegelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- segelnd participle present
- segle first-person indicative present
- segele first-person indicative present
- segel first-person indicative present
- segelst indicative present second-person
- segelest second-person singular subjunctive
- seglest second-person singular subjunctive
- segelet plural second-person subjunctive
- seglet plural second-person subjunctive
- segelten first-person indicative plural
- segeltest indicative preterite second-person
- segeltet indicative plural preterite
- segle! imperative singular
- segele! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to segeln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is segeln in German?
segeln appears 6.6 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).