Bacchanal
German, noun[baxaˈnaːl]
Bacchanal is spelled B-A-C-C-H-A-N-A-L (9 letters) and appears about once in every 17 million words in written German, the 228,970th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bacchanal is a German neuter noun meaning “bacchanalia” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Bacchusfest (Weinfest) im antiken Rom, das jedes Jahr am 16. und 17. März auf dem Aventin gefeiert wurde”.
What does Bacchanal mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterbacchanalia
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bacchusfest (Weinfest) im antiken Rom, das jedes Jahr am 16. und 17. März auf dem Aventin gefeiert wurde 2. ungezügeltes, ausschweifendes Trinkgelage
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 Bacchanal
- Bacchanals genitive
- Bacchanale plural
- Bacchanalien plural
- Bacchanalen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Bacchanal?
- [baxaˈnaːl]
- [bakaˈnaːl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Bacchanal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Bacchanal in German?
Bacchanal appears about once in every 17 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).