Blutegel
German, noun/ˈbluːtˌʔeːɡl̩/
Blutegel is spelled B-L-U-T-E-G-E-L (8 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 50,363rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Blutegel is a German masculine noun meaning “leech” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “im Wasser lebender Ringelwurm (Annelida) mit zwei Saugnäpfen”.
What does Blutegel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineleech
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. im Wasser lebender Ringelwurm (Annelida) mit zwei Saugnäpfen
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 Blutegel
- Blutegels genitive
- Blutegeln dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Blutegel?
- /ˈbluːtˌʔeːɡl̩/
- [ˈbluːtˌʔeːɡl̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Blutegel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Blutegel in German?
Blutegel appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).