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Nudel

German, noun/ˈnuːdəl/

Nudel is spelled N-U-D-E-L (5 letters) and appears 1.8 times per million words in written German, the 26,348th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Nudel is a German feminine noun meaning “a noodle, a string or lump of pasta” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “rohe oder gekochte, verschiedenartig geformte Teigware aus eiweiß- und stärkereichen Mehlen, Wasser und…”.

What does Nudel mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininea noodle, a string or lump of pasta

  2. 2

    femininepasta

  3. 3

    femininecertain other kinds of pastries

  4. 4

    feminineinformala person, usually female, who is funny and cheerful, especially when also having a pleasantly plump, buxom figure

Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. rohe oder gekochte, verschiedenartig geformte Teigware aus eiweiß- und stärkereichen Mehlen, Wasser und eventuell weiteren Zutaten 2. umgangssprachlich, meist mit einem Attribut: Bezeichnung für einen Menschen mit einer bestimmten Eigenschaft 3. männliches Fortpflanzungsorgan; Penis 4. Kartoffel

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 Nudel

  • Nudeln plural
  • Nüdelchen diminutive neuter

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce Nudel?

  • /ˈnuːdəl/
  • [ˈnuːdl̩]

Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to Nudel

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Nudel in German?

Nudel appears 1.8 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).

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