Aal
German, noun
Aal is spelled A-A-L (3 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written German, the 30,977th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Aal is a German masculine noun meaning “eel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, aal is a different word: “singular imperative of aalen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “schlangenförmiger Süßwasser- und Meerwasserfisch aus der Ordnung der Aalartigen (Anguilliformes)”.
What does Aal mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineeel
Er ist so glatt wie ein Aal.
- 2
masculinebad crease or crumple
- 3
masculineslangtorpedo
verb
- 1
singular imperative of aalen
- 2
colloquialfirst-person singular present of aalen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. schlangenförmiger Süßwasser- und Meerwasserfisch aus der Ordnung der Aalartigen (Anguilliformes) 2. Fisch oder Wassertier von länglicher Gestalt 3. Torpedo 4. neu eingezogener, unvereidigter Soldat, Soldat ohne Dienstgrad
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 Aal
- Aals genitive
- Aales genitive
- Aale plural
- Äle obsolete plural
- Älchen diminutive neuter
- Aalen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Aal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Aal in German?
Aal appears 1.4 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).