torkeln
German, verb
torkeln is spelled T-O-R-K-E-L-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 116,815th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Torkeln is a German verb meaning “to press (to extract juice from fruits, especially grapes)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Torkeln is a different word: “gerund of torkeln”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Most pressen, am Torkel drehen”.
What does torkeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
datedto press (to extract juice from fruits, especially grapes)
- 2
to totter (to move or stand unsteadily)
- 3
to stagger (to walk in an awkward, drunken fashion)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of torkeln
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Most pressen, am Torkel drehen 2. das Brauchtum ums Mostpressen pflegen 3. sich schwankend, unsicher auf den Beinen halten, taumeln
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 torkeln
- torkelt present singular third-person
- torkelte past
- getorkelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- haben or sein auxiliary
- torkelnd participle present
- torkle first-person indicative present
- torkele first-person indicative present
- torkel first-person indicative present
- torkelst indicative present second-person
- torkelest second-person singular subjunctive
- torklest second-person singular subjunctive
- torkelet plural second-person subjunctive
- torklet plural second-person subjunctive
- torkelten first-person indicative plural
- torkeltest indicative preterite second-person
- torkeltet indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to torkeln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is torkeln in German?
torkeln 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).