Kessel
German, noun/ˈkɛsəl/
Kessel is spelled K-E-S-S-E-L (6 letters) and appears 5.9 times per million words in written German, the 10,826th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kessel is a German masculine noun meaning “a solid metal container or pot, often large, used to boil liquids: a kettle, cauldron, boiler, etc” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “großes metallisches offenes Gefäß”.
What does Kessel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea solid metal container or pot, often large, used to boil liquids: a kettle, cauldron, boiler, etc.
- 2
masculinean area in which the enemy (or game) is encircled; a pocket or besieged area (by extension also the siege itself)
der Kessel von Stalingrad
- 3
informalmasculineellipsis of Polizeikessel: kettling, a police tactic to surround and contain demonstrators
- 4
masculinethe lair of certain animals such as fox, badger, rabbit, and wild boar
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. großes metallisches offenes Gefäß 2. großes metallisches geschlossenes Druckgefäß 3. von Bergen umgebenes Tal 4. von Treibern eingeschlossenes Gebiet
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 Kessel
- Kessels genitive
- Kesselchen diminutive neuter
- Kesseln dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kessel?
- /ˈkɛsəl/
- [ˈkɛsl̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Kessel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Kessel in German?
Kessel appears 5.9 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).