Drahtesel
German, noun/ˈdʁaːtˌeːzəl/
Drahtesel is spelled D-R-A-H-T-E-S-E-L (9 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 66,083rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Drahtesel is a German masculine noun meaning “bicycle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Fahrrad”.
What does Drahtesel mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculinebicycle
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fahrrad
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 Drahtesel
- Drahtesels genitive
- Drahteseln dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Drahtesel?
- /ˈdʁaːtˌeːzəl/
- /-ˌeːzl̩/
- [ˈdʁaːtˌʔeːzl̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Drahtesel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Drahtesel in German?
Drahtesel appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).