Häcksel
German, noun/ˈhɛksl̩/
Häcksel is spelled H-Ä-C-K-S-E-L (7 letters) and appears about once in every 35 million words in written German, the 348,070th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Häcksel is a German masculine noun meaning “chaff, chopped straw” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “auf der Häcksel- oder Futterschneidemaschine kurz geschnittenes Heu, Stroh und grobstängliges Grünfutter”.
What does Häcksel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineneuterchaff, chopped straw
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. auf der Häcksel- oder Futterschneidemaschine kurz geschnittenes Heu, Stroh und grobstängliges Grünfutter
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 Häcksel
- Häcksels genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Häcksel?
- /ˈhɛksl̩/
- [ˈhɛksl̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Häcksel in German?
Häcksel appears about once in every 35 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).