trippeln
German, verb
trippeln is spelled T-R-I-P-P-E-L-N (8 letters) and appears about once in every 11 million words in written German, the 184,742nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Trippeln is a German verb meaning “to scurry, to pitter-patter (to move in light, quick steps)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Trippeln is a different word: “gerund of trippeln”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “in kurzen, zügigen Schritten gehen oder laufen”.
What does trippeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to scurry, to pitter-patter (to move in light, quick steps)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of trippeln
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. in kurzen, zügigen Schritten gehen oder laufen
verb: 1. in kleinen Tropfen leicht regnen
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 trippeln
- trippelt present singular third-person
- trippelte past
- getrippelt participle past
- sein auxiliary
- trippelnd participle present
- tripple first-person indicative present
- trippele first-person indicative present
- trippel first-person indicative present
- trippelst indicative present second-person
- trippelest second-person singular subjunctive
- tripplest second-person singular subjunctive
- trippelet plural second-person subjunctive
- tripplet plural second-person subjunctive
- trippelten first-person indicative plural
- trippeltest indicative preterite second-person
- trippeltet indicative plural preterite
- trippele! imperative singular
- trippel! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to trippeln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is trippeln in German?
trippeln 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).