fidel
German, adjective
fidel is spelled F-I-D-E-L (5 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written German, the 26,348th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fidel is a German adjective meaning “cheerful” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Fidel is a different word: “alternative spelling of Fiedel (“vielle, fiddle”)”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “in bester Laune”.
What does fidel mean in English?
adjective
- 1
cheerful
noun
- 1
femininealternative spelling of Fiedel (“vielle, fiddle”)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. in bester Laune
noun: 1. historisches Streichinstrument
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 fidel
- fideler masculine nominative singular
- am fidelsten superlative
- fidele feminine nominative singular
- fideles neuter nominative singular
- fidelen genitive masculine singular
- fidelem dative masculine singular
- der fidele definite includes-article masculine
- die fidele definite feminine includes-article
- das fidele definite includes-article neuter
- die fidelen definite includes-article nominative
- des fidelen definite genitive includes-article
- der fidelen definite feminine genitive
- dem fidelen dative definite includes-article
- Fideln nominative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to fidel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is fidel in German?
fidel appears 1.8 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).