Deckel
German, noun
Deckel is spelled D-E-C-K-E-L (6 letters) and appears 8.3 times per million words in written German, the 8,191st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Deckel is a German masculine noun meaning “lid, cap (the cover of a container)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, deckel is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Vorrichtung zum Abdecken oder Verschließen”.
What does Deckel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinelid, cap (the cover of a container)
- 2
masculineellipsis of Bierdeckel (“beer mat”)
- 3
masculineslangheadwear, hat
- 4
masculinecap (artificial upper limit or ceiling)
Preisdeckel
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. Vorrichtung zum Abdecken oder Verschließen 2. stabiler Einband eines Buches 3. Hut, Kopfbedeckung 4. amtliche Kontrollkarte für Prostituierte
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 Deckel
- Deckels genitive
- Deckelchen diminutive neuter
- Deckelein diminutive neuter
- Deckerl diminutive neuter
- Deckeln dative definite plural
- Dekkel alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Deckel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Deckel in German?
Deckel appears 8.3 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).