Federkiel
German, noun/ˈfeːdɐˌkiːl/
Federkiel is spelled F-E-D-E-R-K-I-E-L (9 letters) and appears about once in every 8 million words in written German, the 152,733rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Federkiel is a German masculine noun meaning “quill (shaft of a feather)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “dicker und fester Teil einer Vogelfeder”.
What does Federkiel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinequill (shaft of a feather)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. dicker und fester Teil einer Vogelfeder 2. aus einer Vogelfeder gefertigtes Schreibgerät
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 Federkiel
- Federkieles genitive
- Federkiels genitive
- Federkiele plural
- Federkielen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Federkiel?
- /ˈfeːdɐˌkiːl/
- [ˈfeːdɐˌkiːl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Federkiel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Federkiel in German?
Federkiel appears about once in every 8 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).