Fessel
German, noun
Fessel is spelled F-E-S-S-E-L (6 letters) and appears about once in every 1 million words in written German, the 48,795th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fessel is a German feminine noun meaning “fetter, shackle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, fessel is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “meist bandförmiges Mittel zum Verschnüren und Festbinden von Personen”.
What does Fessel mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefetter, shackle
- 2
femininepastern
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. meist bandförmiges Mittel zum Verschnüren und Festbinden von Personen 2. etwas, das die Freiheit oder Bewegungsfreiheit einschränkt
noun: 1. Teil zwischen Huf und Wade bei Bein von Huftieren 2. Knöchelbereich des menschlichen Beins, v.a. bei Frauen
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 Fessel
- Fesseln plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Fessel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Fessel in German?
Fessel appears about once in every 1 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).