Kachel
German, noun
Kachel is spelled K-A-C-H-E-L (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 88,766th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kachel is a German feminine noun meaning “tile (on walls or floors or stovetops, not roof tile)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, kachel is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Ofenkachel; Keramikplatte als Verkleidung und Wärmespeicher für Kachelöfen”.
What does Kachel mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininetile (on walls or floors or stovetops, not roof tile)
- 2
feminineobsoletecooking pot, saucepan
- 3
feminineobsoletevulgara term of abuse for a woman
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. Ofenkachel; Keramikplatte als Verkleidung und Wärmespeicher für Kachelöfen 2. Keramikplatte als Belag für Wände und Fußböden 3. Gefäß aus Steingut (kleiner Topf, große Tasse) 4. Nachttopf, Nachtgeschirr
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 Kachel
- Kacheln plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Kachel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Kachel in German?
Kachel appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).