Kuddelmuddel
German, noun/ˌkʊdəlˈmʊdəl/
Kuddelmuddel is spelled K-U-D-D-E-L-M-U-D-D-E-L (12 letters) and appears about once in every 7 million words in written German, the 140,468th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kuddelmuddel is a German masculine noun meaning “jumble; hodgepodge; confusion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “chaotischer, ungeordneter Zustand”.
What does Kuddelmuddel mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialmasculineneuterjumble; hodgepodge; confusion
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. chaotischer, ungeordneter Zustand
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 Kuddelmuddel
- Kuddelmuddels genitive
- Kuddelmuddeln dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kuddelmuddel?
- /ˌkʊdəlˈmʊdəl/
- [ˈkʊdl̩ˌmʊdl̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Kuddelmuddel in German?
Kuddelmuddel appears about once in every 7 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).