gell
German, adjective/ɡɛl/
gell is spelled G-E-L-L (4 letters) and appears 2.6 times per million words in written German, the 19,862nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gell is a German adjective meaning “shrill” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “gellend, schrill”.
What does gell mean in English?
adjective
- 1
shrill
particle
- 1
AustriaSwitzerlandcolloquialemphasis and question marker particle; asks for confirmation; right?; eh?; isn't it, innit?
Wir gehen, gell?
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. gellend, schrill
particle: 1. nicht wahr? Eine die Satzaussage verstärkende Partikel, die sowohl in Aussage- als auch in Frage- oder Aufforderungssätzen verwendet werden kann; mitunter auch für Sachverhalte verwendet, die für den Sprecher oder den Angesprochenen überraschend sind. Es entspricht in der Bedeutung in etwa wirklich/tatsächlich, jedoch kann »gell« auch diese Wörter verstärken.
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 gell
- geller masculine nominative singular
- am gellsten superlative
- gelle feminine nominative singular
- gelles neuter nominative singular
- gellen genitive masculine singular
- gellem dative masculine singular
- der gelle definite includes-article masculine
- die gelle definite feminine includes-article
- das gelle definite includes-article neuter
- die gellen definite includes-article nominative
- des gellen definite genitive includes-article
- der gellen definite feminine genitive
- dem gellen dative definite includes-article
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gell?
- /ɡɛl/
- [ɡɛl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gell
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gell in German?
gell appears 2.6 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).