turteln
German, verb/ˈtʊʁtl̩n/
turteln is spelled T-U-R-T-E-L-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written German, the 202,985th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Turteln is a German verb meaning “to coo” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “den charakteristischen Tierlaut einer Taube von sich geben”.
What does turteln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to coo
- 2
to flirt
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. den charakteristischen Tierlaut einer Taube von sich geben 2. liebeln, 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 turteln
- turtelt present singular third-person
- turtelte past
- geturtelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- turtelnd participle present
- turtle first-person indicative present
- turtele first-person indicative present
- turtel first-person indicative present
- turtelst indicative present second-person
- turtelest second-person singular subjunctive
- turtlest second-person singular subjunctive
- turtelet plural second-person subjunctive
- turtlet plural second-person subjunctive
- turtelten first-person indicative plural
- turteltest indicative preterite second-person
- turteltet indicative plural preterite
- turtle! imperative singular
- turtele! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce turteln?
- /ˈtʊʁtl̩n/
- [ˈtʊʁtl̩n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to turteln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is turteln in German?
turteln appears about once in every 13 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).