watscheln
German, verb
watscheln is spelled W-A-T-S-C-H-E-L-N (9 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 129,075th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Watscheln is a German verb meaning “to waddle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Watscheln is a different word: “gerund of watscheln”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich behäbig und schaukelnd fortbewegen”.
What does watscheln mean in English?
verb
- 1
to waddle
noun
- 1
neutergerund of watscheln
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich behäbig und schaukelnd fortbewegen
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 watscheln
- watschelt present singular third-person
- watschelte past
- gewatschelt participle past
- sein auxiliary
- watschelnd participle present
- watschle first-person indicative present
- watschele first-person indicative present
- watschel first-person indicative present
- watschelst indicative present second-person
- watschelest second-person singular subjunctive
- watschlest second-person singular subjunctive
- watschelet plural second-person subjunctive
- watschlet plural second-person subjunctive
- watschelten first-person indicative plural
- watscheltest indicative preterite second-person
- watscheltet indicative plural preterite
- watschle! imperative singular
- watschele! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to watscheln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is watscheln in German?
watscheln appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).