Kerl
German, noun/kɛʁl/
Kerl is spelled K-E-R-L (4 letters) and appears 26 times per million words in written German, the 3,122nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kerl is a German masculine noun meaning “fellow, guy, chap, bloke” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eine (meistens männliche) Person (Dieser Begriff kann sowohl eine positive als auch eine negative Konnotation…”.
What does Kerl mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefellow, guy, chap, bloke
- 2
masculineobsoletefreeman
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eine (meistens männliche) Person (Dieser Begriff kann sowohl eine positive als auch eine negative Konnotation tragen je nach Eigenschaft der Männlichkeit, die angesprochen wird.)
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 Kerl
- Kerls genitive
- Kerle plural
- Kerlchen diminutive neuter
- Kerlen dative definite plural
- Kerles genitive singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kerl?
- /kɛʁl/
- [kɛʁl]
- [kɛɐ̯l]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Kerl
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Kerl in German?
Kerl appears 26 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).