streicheln
German, verb/ˈʃtʁaɪ̯çln̩/
streicheln is spelled S-T-R-E-I-C-H-E-L-N (10 letters) and appears 3.6 times per million words in written German, the 15,594th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Streicheln is a German verb meaning “to stroke (to move the hand over the surface of), to pet; to fondle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas/jemanden streicheln; (meist mit der flachen Hand bzw. mit den Fingern) sanft über das Äußere eines…”.
What does streicheln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to stroke (to move the hand over the surface of), to pet; to fondle
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas/jemanden streicheln; (meist mit der flachen Hand bzw. mit den Fingern) sanft über das Äußere eines Tieres, Menschen oder selten auch Gegenstandes fahren 2. in engeren Sinne: jemanden streicheln; seinen Partner im Liebesleben zärtlich streicheln^([1]); ihn dadurch liebkosen
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 streicheln
- streichelt present singular third-person
- streichelte past
- gestreichelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- streichelnd participle present
- streichle first-person indicative present
- streichele first-person indicative present
- streichel first-person indicative present
- streichelst indicative present second-person
- streichelest second-person singular subjunctive
- streichlest second-person singular subjunctive
- streichelet plural second-person subjunctive
- streichlet plural second-person subjunctive
- streichelten first-person indicative plural
- streicheltest indicative preterite second-person
- streicheltet indicative plural preterite
- streichle! imperative singular
- streichele! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce streicheln?
- /ˈʃtʁaɪ̯çln̩/
- [ˈʃtʁaɪ̯çl̩n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to streicheln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is streicheln in German?
streicheln appears 3.6 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).