Ekel
German, noun
Ekel is spelled E-K-E-L (4 letters) and appears 3.1 times per million words in written German, the 17,543rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ekel is a German masculine noun meaning “disgust, loathing” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, ekel is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “starker körperlicher Abscheu”.
What does Ekel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinedisgust, loathing
noun
- 1
informalneutera mean or repulsive person
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. starker körperlicher Abscheu
noun: 1. unangenehmer, widerlicher Mensch
adjective: 1. (moralisch oder physisch) Ekel erregend
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 Ekel
- Ekels genitive
- Ekeln dative definite plural
- ekler comparative
- am ekelsten superlative
- ekle positive nominative strong
- ekles positive nominative strong
- eklen positive genitive strong
- eklem positive dative strong
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Ekel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Ekel in German?
Ekel appears 3.1 times per million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).