tändeln
German, verb
tändeln is spelled T-Ä-N-D-E-L-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 39 million words in written German, the 371,567th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tändeln is a German verb meaning “to dally” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Tändeln is a different word: “gerund of tändeln”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “etwas leichthin/oberflächlich/ohne Ernst tun, verspielt sein”.
What does tändeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to dally
- 2
to flirt
noun
- 1
neutergerund of tändeln
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. etwas leichthin/oberflächlich/ohne Ernst tun, verspielt sein 2. mit jemandem flirten
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 tändeln
- tändelt present singular third-person
- tändelte past
- getändelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- tändelnd participle present
- tändle first-person indicative present
- tändele first-person indicative present
- tändel first-person indicative present
- tändelst indicative present second-person
- tändelest second-person singular subjunctive
- tändlest second-person singular subjunctive
- tändelet plural second-person subjunctive
- tändlet plural second-person subjunctive
- tändelten first-person indicative plural
- tändeltest indicative preterite second-person
- tändeltet indicative plural preterite
- tändele! imperative singular
- tändle! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to tändeln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is tändeln in German?
tändeln appears about once in every 39 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).