Regel
German, noun
Regel is a German feminine noun meaning “rule” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, regel is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Verhaltensvorschrift”.
What does Regel mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininerule
- 2
femininethe usual, the default, the norm
- 3
colloquialfemininemenstruation
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Verhaltensvorschrift 2. gewöhnliches, normales oder typisches Verhalten (auch innerhalb eines bestimmten Anwendungsgebietes) 3. die Monatsblutung, Periode der Frau
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 Regel
- Regeln plural
- Regul alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Regel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Regel in German?
Regel appears 98 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).