Klingel
German, noun
Klingel is spelled K-L-I-N-G-E-L (7 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written German, the 20,880th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Klingel is a German feminine noun meaning “bell” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, klingel is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gerät zum Klingeln”.
What does Klingel mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebell
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gerät zum Klingeln 2. kleiner Metallkelch mit einem Klöppel
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 Klingel
- Klingeln plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Klingel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Klingel in German?
Klingel appears 2.5 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).