Egel
German, noun/ˈeːɡəl/
Egel is spelled E-G-E-L (4 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 94,067th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Egel is a German masculine noun meaning “leech” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Ordnung aus der Klasse der Gürtelwürmer, wissenschaftlich: Hirudinea”.
What does Egel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineleech
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eine Ordnung aus der Klasse der Gürtelwürmer, wissenschaftlich: Hirudinea
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 Egel
- Egels genitive
- Egeln dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Egel?
- /ˈeːɡəl/
- [ˈeːɡl̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Egel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Egel in German?
Egel appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).