Kunkel
German, noun/ˈkʊŋkəl/
Kunkel is spelled K-U-N-K-E-L (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written German, the 52,749th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Kunkel is a German feminine noun meaning “distaff” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “stabförmiges Gerät beim Spinnen, an dem ein Vorrat der zu spinnenden Fasern befestigt ist”.
What does Kunkel mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininedistaff
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. stabförmiges Gerät beim Spinnen, an dem ein Vorrat der zu spinnenden Fasern befestigt ist 2. Sinnbild des weiblichen Geschlechts
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 Kunkel
- Kunkeln plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Kunkel?
- /ˈkʊŋkəl/
- [ˈkʊŋkl̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Kunkel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Kunkel in German?
Kunkel appears about once in every 2 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).