trudeln
German, verb
trudeln is spelled T-R-U-D-E-L-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 63,211th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Trudeln is a German verb meaning “to spin (irregularly)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Trudeln is a different word: “spin”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich in einem ungleichmäßigen Rhythmus um sich selbst herum bewegen, oftmals dabei rollen oder auch fallen”.
What does trudeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to spin (irregularly)
noun
- 1
neutergerund of trudeln
- 2
neuterspin
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein annähernd stationärer Flugzustand, der nach einem Strömungsabriss an einer Tragfläche eintritt und mit einem schraubenlinienförmigen Sinkflug verbunden ist
verb: 1. sich in einem ungleichmäßigen Rhythmus um sich selbst herum bewegen, oftmals dabei rollen oder auch fallen 2. sich ohne Hast bewegen 3. mit Hilfsverb haben, würfeln
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 trudeln
- trudelt present singular third-person
- trudelte past
- getrudelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- sein auxiliary
- haben or sein auxiliary
- trudelnd participle present
- trudle first-person indicative present
- trudele first-person indicative present
- trudel first-person indicative present
- trudelst indicative present second-person
- trudelest second-person singular subjunctive
- trudlest second-person singular subjunctive
- trudelet plural second-person subjunctive
- trudlet plural second-person subjunctive
- trudelten first-person indicative plural
- trudeltest indicative preterite second-person
- trudeltet indicative plural preterite
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is trudeln in German?
trudeln appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).