Don’t be confused; he isn’t trying to insult you or to invite you to a fight – he just wants to play foosball with you. The strange-sounding word krökeln is solely used in the northern German city of Hannover and its surrounding regions. Krökeln comes from the old-Hanoverian word Krökel, which means iron bar. Players at the German Foosball Federation, playing 'eine Runde krökeln' in Hanover. Krökeln means “to play foosball.”--Do you have a favourite word you'd like to see us cover?

Source: The Local February 21, 2019 09:45 UTC