Muschel
German, noun/ˈmʊʃəl/
Muschel is spelled M-U-S-C-H-E-L (7 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written German, the 28,120th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Muschel is a German feminine noun meaning “bivalve; seashell (marine mollusk with a shell, or the shell itself)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Wassertier mit zweiklappiger Schale (Stamm Mollusca, Klasse Bivalvia)”.
What does Muschel mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebivalve; seashell (marine mollusk with a shell, or the shell itself)
- 2
femininemussel
- 3
colloquialfeminineraresnailshell
- 4
datedfeminineellipsis of Hörmuschel
- 5
feminineobsoletesynonym of Muschi (female genitalia)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Wassertier mit zweiklappiger Schale (Stamm Mollusca, Klasse Bivalvia) 2. Schale einer Muschel^([1]) oder Wasserschnecke 3. wie eine Muschel^([1, 2]) geformter Gegenstand
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 Muschel
- Muscheln plural
- M. abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Muschel?
- /ˈmʊʃəl/
- [ˈmʊʃl̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Muschel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Muschel in German?
Muschel appears 1.6 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).