Igel
German, noun/ˈiːɡəl/
Igel is spelled I-G-E-L (4 letters) and appears 3.6 times per million words in written German, the 15,594th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Igel is a German masculine noun meaning “hedgehog” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “stachelhäutiges Säugetier aus der Familie Erinaceidae”.
What does Igel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehedgehog
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. stachelhäutiges Säugetier aus der Familie Erinaceidae 2. Gerät zur Bearbeitung der Zwischenräume der Saatreihen 3. Gebäck in Igelform; Mett in Igelform (mit Salzstangen); Birnenhälften mit Mandelstiften 4. Haarschnitt in Igelform
abbreviation: 1. Individuelle Gesundheitsleistung
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 Igel
- Igels genitive
- Igelchen diminutive neuter
- Igelein diminutive neuter
- Igerl diminutive neuter
- Igelin feminine
- Igeln dative definite plural
- Ygel alternative obsolete
- Igelweibchen feminine
- Igel-Weibchen feminine
- Igelmännchen masculine
- Igel-Männchen masculine
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Igel?
- /ˈiːɡəl/
- [ˈʔiːɡl̩]
- [ˈiːɡl̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Igel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Igel in German?
Igel appears 3.6 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).