Gabel
German, noun
Gabel is spelled G-A-B-E-L (5 letters) and appears 4.4 times per million words in written German, the 13,580th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gabel is a German feminine noun meaning “fork” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, gabel is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “kurz für Astgabel”.
What does Gabel mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininefork
- 2
femininepitchfork
- 3
feminineprong
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. kurz für Astgabel 2. mit Zinken ausgestattetes Werkzeug, Teil des Essbestecks zum Aufspießen von Nahrungsmitteln mit mindestens zwei Zinken 3. Radaufhängung, insbesondere bei Zweirädern 4. Kurzbezeichnung für eine Gabelschaltung
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 Gabel
- Gabeln plural
- Gäbelchen diminutive neuter
- Gäbelein diminutive neuter
- Gaberl diminutive neuter
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Gabel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Gabel in German?
Gabel appears 4.4 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).