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Eumel

German, noun/ˈɔɪ̯ml̩/

Eumel is a German masculine noun meaning “wally, twerp” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “merkwürdiger Mensch”.

What does Eumel mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    colloquialmasculinewally, twerp

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. merkwürdiger Mensch 2. irgendein merkwürdiger Gegenstand 3. großer Busen

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 Eumel

  • Eumels genitive
  • Eumeln dative definite plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Eumel?

  • /ˈɔɪ̯ml̩/
  • [ˈɔɪ̯ml̩]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is Eumel in German?

Eumel appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).