Dreschflegel
German, noun/ˈdʁɛʃˌfleːɡl̩/
Dreschflegel is spelled D-R-E-S-C-H-F-L-E-G-E-L (12 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 165,772nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Dreschflegel is a German masculine noun meaning “flail” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gerät zum Dreschen mit der Hand mit starkem hölzernem Stiel, an dessen oberem Ende mit kurzen Riemen ein…”.
What does Dreschflegel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineflail
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gerät zum Dreschen mit der Hand mit starkem hölzernem Stiel, an dessen oberem Ende mit kurzen Riemen ein Knüppel aus Hartholz beweglich befestigt ist
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 Dreschflegel
- Dreschflegels genitive
- Dreschflegeln dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Dreschflegel?
- /ˈdʁɛʃˌfleːɡl̩/
- [ˈdʁɛʃˌfleːɡl̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Dreschflegel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Dreschflegel in German?
Dreschflegel appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).