Eispickel
German, noun/ˈaɪ̯sˌpɪkəl/
Eispickel is spelled E-I-S-P-I-C-K-E-L (9 letters) and appears about once in every 5 million words in written German, the 108,721st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Eispickel is a German masculine noun meaning “ice axe” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein spitzförmiger Hammer zum Greifen in Eis”.
What does Eispickel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineice axe
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein spitzförmiger Hammer zum Greifen in Eis 2. ein Küchenwerkzeug zum Zerkleinern von Eis
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 Eispickel
- Eispickels genitive
- Eispickeln dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Eispickel?
- /ˈaɪ̯sˌpɪkəl/
- [ˈaɪ̯sˌpɪkəl]
- [ˈaɪ̯sˌpɪkl̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Eispickel in German?
Eispickel appears about once in every 5 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).