zuckeln
German, verb[ˈt͡sʊkl̩n]
zuckeln is spelled Z-U-C-K-E-L-N (7 letters) and appears about once in every 32 million words in written German, the 334,656th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zuckeln is a German verb meaning “to move at a crawl, to trundle along” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “sich ganz langsam ohne Hast und Unruhe gemütlich zu Fuß fortbewegen, sich langsam, in kleinen ruckartigen…”.
What does zuckeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
colloquialto move at a crawl, to trundle along
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. sich ganz langsam ohne Hast und Unruhe gemütlich zu Fuß fortbewegen, sich langsam, in kleinen ruckartigen Bewegungen über unebenen Untergrund bewegen
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 zuckeln
- zuckelt present singular third-person
- zuckelte past
- gezuckelt participle past
- sein auxiliary
- zuckelnd participle present
- zuckle first-person indicative present
- zuckele first-person indicative present
- zuckel first-person indicative present
- zuckelst indicative present second-person
- zuckelest second-person singular subjunctive
- zucklest second-person singular subjunctive
- zuckelet plural second-person subjunctive
- zucklet plural second-person subjunctive
- zuckelten first-person indicative plural
- zuckeltest indicative preterite second-person
- zuckeltet indicative plural preterite
- zuckel! imperative singular
- zuckele! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zuckeln?
- [ˈt͡sʊkl̩n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is zuckeln in German?
zuckeln appears about once in every 32 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).