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Fabel

German, noun/ˈfaːbəl/

Fabel is spelled F-A-B-E-L (5 letters) and appears 1.0 times per million words in written German, the 38,034th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fabel is a German feminine noun meaning “fable” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine Form der Erzählung, in der menschliche Verhaltensweisen auf Tiere (seltener auf Pflanzen oder Dinge)…”.

What does Fabel mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininefable

    Die Fabel vom Fuchs und dem Raben

  2. 2

    femininefantasy

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

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. eine Form der Erzählung, in der menschliche Verhaltensweisen auf Tiere (seltener auf Pflanzen oder Dinge) übertragen werden, um so auf unterhaltsame Weise eine bestimmte Moral zu vermitteln 2. eine erfundene, erlogene Geschichte 3. der Verlauf der Handlung, eines Ereignisses in einem literarischen Werk

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 Fabel

  • Fabeln plural

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

How do you pronounce Fabel?

  • /ˈfaːbəl/
  • [ˈfaː.bl̩]
  • [ˈfaːbl̩]

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

English words that translate to Fabel

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Fabel in German?

Fabel 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).

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