Assel
German, noun[ˈasl̩]
Assel is spelled A-S-S-E-L (5 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 121,881st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Assel is a German feminine noun meaning “woodlouse, slater, pill bug” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Mitglied der Ordnung der Asseln (Isopoda), die selbst zur Klasse der Höheren Krebse (Malacostraca) gehört”.
What does Assel mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininewoodlouse, slater, pill bug
- 2
feminineisopod
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Mitglied der Ordnung der Asseln (Isopoda), die selbst zur Klasse der Höheren Krebse (Malacostraca) gehört
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 Assel
- Asseln plural
- Atzel alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Assel?
- [ˈasl̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Assel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Assel in German?
Assel appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).