Nebel
German, noun
Nebel is spelled N-E-B-E-L (5 letters) and appears 13 times per million words in written German, the 5,583rd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nebel is a German masculine noun meaning “fog, mist, haze” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, nebel is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gemisch fein verteilter Flüssigkeitströpfchen, meistens Wassertröpfchen, und/oder Eiskristalle in Gasen…”.
What does Nebel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinefog, mist, haze
Wir warten bis der Nebel sich gelichtet hat.
- 2
masculinenebula
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gemisch fein verteilter Flüssigkeitströpfchen, meistens Wassertröpfchen, und/oder Eiskristalle in Gasen, meist in der Luft 2. flächenhaft leuchtendes Objekt am Himmel; heute meist speziell eine interstellare Wolke aus Gas und Staub 3. durch die Weltorganisation für Meteorologie (WMO) standardisierte Wettererscheinung mit Sichtminderung unter 1000 m
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 Nebel
- Nebels genitive
- Nebeln dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Nebel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Nebel in German?
Nebel appears 13 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).