Kiesel
German, noun/ˈkiːzəl/
Kiesel is spelled K-I-E-S-E-L (6 letters) and appears 1.1 times per million words in written German, the 37,432nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kiesel is a German masculine noun meaning “pebble” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “rundgeschliffener Stein, wie man ihn häufig in Flussbetten findet”.
What does Kiesel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepebble
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. rundgeschliffener Stein, wie man ihn häufig in Flussbetten findet 2. Material, aus dem Kiesel bestehen; eine Kieselsäure 3. alte Bezeichnung für Silizium
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 Kiesel
- Kiesels genitive
- Kieseln dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kiesel?
- /ˈkiːzəl/
- [ˈkiːzl̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Kiesel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Kiesel in German?
Kiesel appears 1.1 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).