Enkel
German, noun/ˈɛŋkəl/
Enkel is spelled E-N-K-E-L (5 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written German, the 6,291st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Enkel is a German masculine noun meaning “ankle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “(männliches) Kind des eigenen Sohnes oder der eigenen Tochter”.
What does Enkel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineankle
noun
- 1
masculinegrandchild
- 2
masculinegrandson
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. (männliches) Kind des eigenen Sohnes oder der eigenen Tochter 2. männlicher Nachfahre der zweiten Generation, der von einer anderen Person abstammt
noun: 1. der am Fußansatz befindliche vorspringende Knochen 2. das den Fuß mit dem Unterschenkel verbindende Gelenk
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 Enkel
- Enkels genitive
- Enkeln dative definite plural
- Enkelin feminine
- Anke variant
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Enkel?
- /ˈɛŋkəl/
- [ˈʔɛŋkl̩]
- [ˈɛŋkl̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Enkel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Enkel in German?
Enkel appears 11 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).