stöpseln
German, verb
stöpseln is spelled S-T-Ö-P-S-E-L-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written German, the 148,565th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Stöpseln is a German verb meaning “to connect” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Stöpseln is a different word: “dative plural of Stöpsel”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit einem Verschluss (Stöpsel) versehen”.
What does stöpseln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to connect
noun
- 1
masculinedative plural of Stöpsel
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. mit einem Verschluss (Stöpsel) versehen 2. einen Stecker eines Kabels in eine passende Buchse stecken, manuell Telefonverbindungen herstellen
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 stöpseln
- stöpselt present singular third-person
- stöpselte past
- gestöpselt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- stöpselnd participle present
- stöpsle first-person indicative present
- stöpsele first-person indicative present
- stöpsel first-person indicative present
- stöpselst indicative present second-person
- stöpselest second-person singular subjunctive
- stöpslest second-person singular subjunctive
- stöpselet plural second-person subjunctive
- stöpslet plural second-person subjunctive
- stöpselten first-person indicative plural
- stöpseltest indicative preterite second-person
- stöpseltet indicative plural preterite
- stöpsel! imperative singular
- stöpsle! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is stöpseln in German?
stöpseln appears about once in every 8 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).