treideln
German, verb
treideln is spelled T-R-E-I-D-E-L-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 49 million words in written German, the 423,336th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Treideln is a German verb meaning “to tow a ship or boat along a river or canal (usually by means of horses)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Treideln is a different word: “gerund of treideln”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Schiff vom Ufer aus mit dem Treidel von Hand, mit Tieren oder mittels einer Treidellokomotive…”.
What does treideln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to tow a ship or boat along a river or canal (usually by means of horses)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of treideln
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. ein Schiff vom Ufer aus mit dem Treidel von Hand, mit Tieren oder mittels einer Treidellokomotive stromaufwärts ziehen
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 treideln
- treidelt present singular third-person
- treidelte past
- getreidelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- treidelnd participle present
- treidle first-person indicative present
- treidele first-person indicative present
- treidel first-person indicative present
- treidelst indicative present second-person
- treidelest second-person singular subjunctive
- treidlest second-person singular subjunctive
- treidelet plural second-person subjunctive
- treidlet plural second-person subjunctive
- treidelten first-person indicative plural
- treideltest indicative preterite second-person
- treideltet indicative plural preterite
- treidle! imperative singular
- treidele! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to treideln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is treideln in German?
treideln appears about once in every 49 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).