Incel
German, noun/ˈɪnt͡sɛl/
Incel is spelled I-N-C-E-L (5 letters) and appears about once in every 16 million words in written German, the 222,832nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Incel is a German masculine noun meaning “incel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Anhänger einer frauenfeindlichen, sich über „unfreiwillige Enthaltsamkeit“ definierenden Internet-Subkultur”.
What does Incel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineincel
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Anhänger einer frauenfeindlichen, sich über „unfreiwillige Enthaltsamkeit“ definierenden Internet-Subkultur
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 Incel
- Incels genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Incel?
- /ˈɪnt͡sɛl/
- [ˈɪnsɛl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Incel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Incel in German?
Incel appears about once in every 16 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).