striegeln
German, verb/ˈʃtriːɡəln/
striegeln is spelled S-T-R-I-E-G-E-L-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written German, the 177,389th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Striegeln is a German verb meaning “to groom, comb (a horse or other animal)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “das Fell (eines Pferdes) durch grobe Reinigung und Massage mit einem Striegel pflegen”.
What does striegeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to groom, comb (a horse or other animal)
- 2
to comb or (by extension) otherwise spruce up (a person)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. das Fell (eines Pferdes) durch grobe Reinigung und Massage mit einem Striegel pflegen 2. ungerecht behandeln; Schikanen unterwerfen
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 striegeln
- striegelt present singular third-person
- striegelte past
- gestriegelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- striegelnd participle present
- striegle first-person indicative present
- striegele first-person indicative present
- striegel first-person indicative present
- striegelst indicative present second-person
- striegelest second-person singular subjunctive
- strieglest second-person singular subjunctive
- striegelet plural second-person subjunctive
- strieglet plural second-person subjunctive
- striegelten first-person indicative plural
- striegeltest indicative preterite second-person
- striegeltet indicative plural preterite
- striegele! imperative singular
- striegle! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce striegeln?
- /ˈʃtriːɡəln/
- [ˈʃtʁiː.ɡl̩n]
- [ˈʃtʁiːɡl̩n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to striegeln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is striegeln in German?
striegeln appears about once in every 11 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).