Kanaldeckel
German, noun/kaˈnaːldɛkl̩/
Kanaldeckel is a German masculine noun meaning “manhole cover” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “abnehmbares Gitter im Straßenniveau, das den Ablauf des Regenwassers ermöglicht”.
What does Kanaldeckel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinemanhole cover
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. abnehmbares Gitter im Straßenniveau, das den Ablauf des Regenwassers ermöglicht
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 Kanaldeckel
- Kanaldeckels genitive
- Kanaldeckeln dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kanaldeckel?
- /kaˈnaːldɛkl̩/
- [kaˈnaːlˌdɛkl̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Kanaldeckel in German?
Kanaldeckel appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).