Fusel
German, noun/ˈfuːzl̩/
Fusel is spelled F-U-S-E-L (5 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 82,595th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fusel is a German masculine noun meaning “hooch, booze, swill (liquor of low quality)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “schlechter, billiger, minderwertiger Branntwein, Schnaps oder Wein”.
What does Fusel mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialderogatorymasculinehooch, booze, swill (liquor of low quality)
Ein ganz billiger Fusel.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. schlechter, billiger, minderwertiger Branntwein, Schnaps oder Wein 2. Gemisch verschiedener Amylalkohole
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 Fusel
- Fusels genitive
- Fuseln dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Fusel?
- /ˈfuːzl̩/
- [ˈfuːzl̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Fusel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Fusel in German?
Fusel appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).