Kohl
German, noun/koːl/
Kohl is spelled K-O-H-L (4 letters) and appears 9.8 times per million words in written German, the 7,170th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kohl is a German masculine noun meaning “cabbage (plant of the genus Brassica)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “zu den Kreuzblütengewächsen (Brassicaceae) gehörende Gemüsepflanze (Brassica oleracea)”.
What does Kohl mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinecabbage (plant of the genus Brassica)
noun
- 1
datedmasculinenonsense; idle talk
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. zu den Kreuzblütengewächsen (Brassicaceae) gehörende Gemüsepflanze (Brassica oleracea) 2. Speise, die aus der unter [1] beschriebenen Gemüsepflanze besteht
noun: 1. verworrenes Zeug; etwas Unsinniges, Sinnloses, Törichtes
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 Kohl
- Kohles genitive
- Kohls genitive
- Kohle plural
- Kohlen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kohl?
- /koːl/
- [koːl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Kohl
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Kohl in German?
Kohl appears 9.8 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).