Dinkel
German, noun/ˈdɪŋkl̩/
Dinkel is spelled D-I-N-K-E-L (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 40,460th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dinkel is a German masculine noun meaning “spelt (a type of wheat, Triticum spelta)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “einjähriges Gras mit ährigem Blütenstand, der mehrblütige Ährchen trägt”.
What does Dinkel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinespelt (a type of wheat, Triticum spelta)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. einjähriges Gras mit ährigem Blütenstand, der mehrblütige Ährchen trägt 2. eine Unterart der Art Weichweizen in der Familie Süßgräser 3. reife trockene Samen, meist zu Mehl vermahlen, für Backwaren, Nudeln, Malzkaffee
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 Dinkel
- Dinkels genitive
- Dinkeln dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Dinkel?
- /ˈdɪŋkl̩/
- [ˈdɪŋkl̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Dinkel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Dinkel in German?
Dinkel 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).