quälen

B2 Verb frequency rank #7,272

What quälen means

Verb

to torture, to torment, to agonize
to cause sorrow, to upset, to worry
to harass, to bother
to toil, to struggle

Forms

quälen · quält · quälte · hat gequält (+ Akkusativ)

Pronunciation

quälen in a sentence

Solche Gedanken können einen nachts sehr quälen.

Thoughts like that can really torment you at night.

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quälen is B2 German — upper-intermediate vocabulary, ranked #7,272 of 13,000 by how often it appears in written German.

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