Bügel
German, noun
Bügel is spelled B-Ü-G-E-L (5 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written German, the 30,977th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Bügel is a German masculine noun meaning “a handle such as that of a bucket” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, bügel is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Kleiderbügel, ein leicht gebogener Träger mit Haken in der Mitte, auf den man Kleidung hängt”.
What does Bügel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea handle such as that of a bucket
- 2
masculinean arm of glasses
- 3
masculineellipsis of Kleiderbügel: clothes hanger
- 4
masculineellipsis of Steigbügel: stirrup
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Kleiderbügel, ein leicht gebogener Träger mit Haken in der Mitte, auf den man Kleidung hängt 2. Steigbügel, Stütze für den Fuß des Reiters 3. eines der zwei Seitenteile einer Brille, die diese auf den Ohren hält 4. Schutzvorrichtung am Abzug eines Gewehrs
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 Bügel
- Bügels genitive
- Bügelchen diminutive neuter
- Bügeln dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Bügel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Bügel in German?
Bügel 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).