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Garnele

German, noun/ɡaʁˈneːlə/

Garnele is spelled G-A-R-N-E-L-E (7 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 138,538th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Garnele is a German feminine noun meaning “shrimp (decapod crustacean)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Formtaxon für verschiedene im Meer lebende Zehnfußkrebse mit langen Fühlern, schlankem, seitlich…”.

What does Garnele mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineshrimp (decapod crustacean)

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Formtaxon für verschiedene im Meer lebende Zehnfußkrebse mit langen Fühlern, schlankem, seitlich abgeflachtem, meist durchsichtigem Körper und langem, kräftigem Hinterleib, die kulinarisch als Delikatesse gelten

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 Garnele

  • Garnelen plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Garnele?

  • standard /ɡaʁˈneːlə/
  • /ɡaˈneːlə/
  • [ɡaʁˈneːlə]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Garnele

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Garnele in German?

Garnele appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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