Frikadelle
German, noun/fʁikaˈdɛlə/
Frikadelle is spelled F-R-I-K-A-D-E-L-L-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 96,776th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Frikadelle is a German feminine noun meaning “frikadelle, rissole, fried meatball” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “westmitteldeutsch, nordwestdeutsch, überregional verbreitet und meist flacher Kloß aus Hackfleisch, der mit…”.
What does Frikadelle mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefrikadelle, rissole, fried meatball
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. westmitteldeutsch, nordwestdeutsch, überregional verbreitet und meist flacher Kloß aus Hackfleisch, der mit Paniermehl oder eingeweichter Semmel und Ei gebunden und mit Zwiebeln und diversen Gewürzen vermischt in heißem Fett gebraten wird
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 Frikadelle
- Frikadellen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Frikadelle?
- /fʁikaˈdɛlə/
- [fʁi.kaˈdɛ.lə]
- [ˌfʁɪ-]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Frikadelle
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Frikadelle in German?
Frikadelle appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).