Fimmel
German, noun/ˈfɪməl/
Fimmel is spelled F-I-M-M-E-L (6 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 165,772nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fimmel is a German masculine noun meaning “craze; unusual passion, preoccupation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “übertriebener Eifer für eine Sache; seltsame Angewohnheit”.
What does Fimmel mean in English?
noun
- 1
informalmasculinecraze; unusual passion, preoccupation
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Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. übertriebener Eifer für eine Sache; seltsame Angewohnheit
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 Fimmel
- Fimmels genitive
- Fimmeln dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Fimmel?
- /ˈfɪməl/
- [ˈfɪml̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Fimmel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Fimmel in German?
Fimmel appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).