Gürtel
German, noun/ˈɡʏʁtəl/
Gürtel is spelled G-Ü-R-T-E-L (6 letters) and appears 8.3 times per million words in written German, the 8,191st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gürtel is a German masculine noun meaning “belt (band worn around the waist)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein um den Körper getragenes Band, das zum Zusammenhalt von Kleidung dient”.
What does Gürtel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebelt (band worn around the waist)
- 2
masculinebelt; strip (e.g. of villages around a city, etc.)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein um den Körper getragenes Band, das zum Zusammenhalt von Kleidung dient 2. gürtelförmige, streifenartige Zone
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 Gürtel
- Gürtels genitive
- Gürtelchen diminutive neuter
- Gürtlein diminutive neuter
- Gürteln dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Gürtel?
- /ˈɡʏʁtəl/
- [ˈɡʏɐ̯tl̩]
- [ˈɡʏʁtl̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Gürtel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Gürtel in German?
Gürtel appears 8.3 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).