Kegel
German, noun/ˈkeːɡəl/
Kegel is spelled K-E-G-E-L (5 letters) and appears 2.9 times per million words in written German, the 18,511th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kegel is a German masculine noun meaning “skittle, ninepin, bowling pin; pin” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Körper mit Kreisscheibe als Basis, in einer Spitze auslaufend”.
What does Kegel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineskittle, ninepin, bowling pin; pin
- 2
masculineany heap or peak of conical or pyramidal shape, especially of feces, hay, brushwood, of mountains and of the tip of a helmet
- 3
masculinecone
- 4
masculineobsoleteruffian, bastard (illegitimate child)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Körper mit Kreisscheibe als Basis, in einer Spitze auslaufend 2. beim Kegelspiel benutzter, flaschenähnlich geformter Gegenstand 3. die Ausdehnung einer Drucktype 4. uneheliches Kind
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 Kegel
- Kegels genitive
- Kegeln dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kegel?
- /ˈkeːɡəl/
- /ˈkeːɡl̩/
- [ˈkeːɡl̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Kegel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Kegel in German?
Kegel appears 2.9 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).