Bagel
German, noun/ˈbeːɡəl/
Bagel is spelled B-A-G-E-L (5 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 66,083rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bagel is a German masculine noun meaning “bagel (toroidal bread roll)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ringförmiges brötchenähnliches Gebäck aus ungesüßtem Hefeteig, das vor dem Backen in siedendes Wasser gegeben…”.
What does Bagel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebagel (toroidal bread roll)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ringförmiges brötchenähnliches Gebäck aus ungesüßtem Hefeteig, das vor dem Backen in siedendes Wasser gegeben wird
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 Bagel
- Bagels genitive
- Bageln dative definite plural
- Beigel variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Bagel?
- /ˈbeːɡəl/
- [ˈbeːɡl̩]
- [ˈbɛɪ̯.ɡl̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Bagel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Bagel in German?
Bagel appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).