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Dechsel

German, noun/ˈdɛksəl/

Dechsel is spelled D-E-C-H-S-E-L (7 letters) and appears about once in every 42 million words in written German, the 386,396th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dechsel is a German feminine noun meaning “adze” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).

What does Dechsel mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineadze

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Forms of Dechsel

  • Dechseln plural
  • Deichsel alternative dated

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Dechsel?

  • /ˈdɛksəl/

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Dechsel

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Dechsel in German?

Dechsel appears about once in every 42 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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