Esslöffel
German, noun/ˈɛsˌlœfəl/
Esslöffel is a German masculine noun meaning “tablespoon (spoon used for eating soup etc.)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gerät zur Nahrungsaufnahme, um Suppe, Brei oder Ähnliches zu essen”.
What does Esslöffel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetablespoon (spoon used for eating soup etc.)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gerät zur Nahrungsaufnahme, um Suppe, Brei oder Ähnliches zu essen
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 Esslöffel
- Esslöffels genitive
- Esslöffeln dative definite plural
- EL alternative initialism
- Eßlöffel alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Esslöffel?
- /ˈɛsˌlœfəl/
- [ˈɛsˌlœfl̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Esslöffel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Esslöffel in German?
Esslöffel appears 1.0 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).