spötteln
German, verb[ˈʃpœtl̩n]
spötteln is spelled S-P-Ö-T-T-E-L-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 58 million words in written German, the 464,147th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Spötteln is a German verb meaning “to make mocking remarks” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “(mit leichtem Spott) über jemanden oder etwas herziehen oder etwas kommentieren”.
What does spötteln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to make mocking remarks
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. (mit leichtem Spott) über jemanden oder etwas herziehen oder etwas kommentieren
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 spötteln
- spöttelt present singular third-person
- spöttelte past
- gespöttelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- spöttelnd participle present
- spöttle first-person indicative present
- spöttele first-person indicative present
- spöttel first-person indicative present
- spöttelst indicative present second-person
- spöttelest second-person singular subjunctive
- spöttlest second-person singular subjunctive
- spöttelet plural second-person subjunctive
- spöttlet plural second-person subjunctive
- spöttelten first-person indicative plural
- spötteltest indicative preterite second-person
- spötteltet indicative plural preterite
- spöttel! imperative singular
- spöttele! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce spötteln?
- [ˈʃpœtl̩n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is spötteln in German?
spötteln appears about once in every 58 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).