sticheln
German, verb/ˈʃtɪçəln/
sticheln is spelled S-T-I-C-H-E-L-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 105,614th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sticheln is a German verb meaning “to tease, to provoke, to banter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit einem spitzen Instrument in etwas einstechen”.
What does sticheln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to tease, to provoke, to banter
gegen jemanden sticheln
- 2
obsoleteto prick repeatedly
- 3
obsoleteto sew with small stitches
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mit einem spitzen Instrument in etwas einstechen 2. jemanden durch Spitzen, spitze Bemerkungen oder boshafte Anspielungen verspotten und ärgern 3. nähen mit vielen kleinen Stichen (eifrig und schnell)
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 sticheln
- stichelt present singular third-person
- stichelte past
- gestichelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- stichelnd participle present
- stichle first-person indicative present
- stichele first-person indicative present
- stichel first-person indicative present
- stichelst indicative present second-person
- stichelest second-person singular subjunctive
- stichlest second-person singular subjunctive
- stichelet plural second-person subjunctive
- stichlet plural second-person subjunctive
- stichelten first-person indicative plural
- sticheltest indicative preterite second-person
- sticheltet indicative plural preterite
- stichele! imperative singular
- stichle! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sticheln?
- /ˈʃtɪçəln/
- [ˈʃtɪçl̩n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is sticheln in German?
sticheln appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).