zuzeln
German, verb/ˈt͡suːt͡sl̩n/
zuzeln is spelled Z-U-Z-E-L-N (6 letters) and appears about once in every 89 million words in written German, the 594,587th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zuzeln is a German verb meaning “to suck on something” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “saugen, lutschen”.
What does zuzeln mean in English?
verb
- 1
Austriainformalto suck on something
- 2
Austriainformalto lisp
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
verb: 1. saugen, lutschen 2. lispeln, die Laute „s“ beziehungsweise „z“ fehlerhaft aussprechen
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 zuzeln
- zuzelt present singular third-person
- zuzelte past
- gezuzelt participle past
- haben auxiliary
- zuzelnd participle present
- zuzle first-person indicative present
- zuzele first-person indicative present
- zuzel first-person indicative present
- zuzelst indicative present second-person
- zuzelest second-person singular subjunctive
- zuzlest second-person singular subjunctive
- zuzelet plural second-person subjunctive
- zuzlet plural second-person subjunctive
- zuzelten first-person indicative plural
- zuzeltest indicative preterite second-person
- zuzeltet indicative plural preterite
- zuzele! imperative singular
- zuzle! imperative singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce zuzeln?
- /ˈt͡suːt͡sl̩n/
- [ˈt͡suːt͡sl̩n]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to zuzeln
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is zuzeln in German?
zuzeln appears about once in every 89 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).