Drehorgel
German, noun/ˈdreːʔɔʁɡl̩/
Drehorgel is spelled D-R-E-H-O-R-G-E-L (9 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 138,538th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Drehorgel is a German feminine noun meaning “barrel organ (pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “mechanisches Musikinstrument, das mit einer Kurbel betrieben (gespielt) wird”.
What does Drehorgel mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebarrel organ (pipe instrument with air controlled pins in a revolving barrel)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. mechanisches Musikinstrument, das mit einer Kurbel betrieben (gespielt) wird
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 Drehorgel
- Drehorgeln plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Drehorgel?
- /ˈdreːʔɔʁɡl̩/
- [ˈdʁeːˌʔɔʁɡl̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Drehorgel in German?
Drehorgel appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).