Dreidel
German, noun/ˈdʁaɪ̯dl̩/
Dreidel is spelled D-R-E-I-D-E-L (7 letters) and appears about once in every 43 million words in written German, the 391,488th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dreidel is a German masculine noun meaning “dreidel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “vierseitiger Kreisel mit hebräischen Buchstaben, der an Chanukka von jüdischen Kindern zum Spiel um…”.
What does Dreidel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedreidel
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. vierseitiger Kreisel mit hebräischen Buchstaben, der an Chanukka von jüdischen Kindern zum Spiel um Süßigkeiten verwendet 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 Dreidel
- Dreidels genitive
- Dreideln dative definite plural
- Dreidl alternative
- Treidel variant
- Trendl variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Dreidel?
- /ˈdʁaɪ̯dl̩/
- [ˈdʁaɪ̯dl̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Dreidel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Dreidel in German?
Dreidel appears about once in every 43 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).