Kugelgelenk
German, noun/ˈkuːɡl̩ɡəˌlɛŋk/
Kugelgelenk is spelled K-U-G-E-L-G-E-L-E-N-K (11 letters) and appears about once in every 13 million words in written German, the 197,584th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kugelgelenk is a German neuter noun meaning “ball and socket joint, enarthrosis, spheroidal joint” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Gelenk mit kugelförmigem Gelenkkopf, das in alle Richtungen bewegt werden kann und dadurch rotatorische…”.
What does Kugelgelenk mean in English?
noun
- 1
neuterball and socket joint, enarthrosis, spheroidal joint
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. ein Gelenk mit kugelförmigem Gelenkkopf, das in alle Richtungen bewegt werden kann und dadurch rotatorische Bewegungen ermöglicht
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 Kugelgelenk
- Kugelgelenkes genitive
- Kugelgelenks genitive
- Kugelgelenke plural
- Kugelgelenken dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kugelgelenk?
- /ˈkuːɡl̩ɡəˌlɛŋk/
- [ˈkuːɡl̩ɡəˌlɛŋk]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Kugelgelenk in German?
Kugelgelenk appears about once in every 13 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).