Fussel
German, noun/ˈfʊsəl/
Fussel is spelled F-U-S-S-E-L (6 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 95,383rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Fussel is a German feminine noun meaning “fluff, lint of fabric, wool, etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “lose Textilfasern, die sich aus einem Gewebe gelöst haben”.
What does Fussel mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculineneuterrarefluff, lint of fabric, wool, etc.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. lose Textilfasern, die sich aus einem Gewebe gelöst haben
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 Fussel
- Fussels genitive
- Fusseln plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Fussel?
- /ˈfʊsəl/
- [ˈfʊsəl]
- [ˈfʊsl̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Fussel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Fussel in German?
Fussel 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).