Himmel
German, noun
Himmel is spelled H-I-M-M-E-L (6 letters) and appears 66 times per million words in written German, the 1,293rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Himmel is a German masculine noun meaning “sky” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, himmel is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Luftraum, Gewölbe über der Erde”.
What does Himmel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesky
- 2
masculineheaven
- 3
masculinecanopy
- 4
masculineheadliner (interior fabric covering the roof of a vehicle)
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. Luftraum, Gewölbe über der Erde 2. Aufenthaltsort im Jenseits mit Gott und den Engeln, in den die Seligen nach ihrem Tode aufgenommen werden 3. der Kosmos 4. Decke aus Stoff oder ähnlichem Material
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 Himmel
- Himmels genitive
- Himmeln dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Himmel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Himmel in German?
Himmel appears 66 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).