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Partikel

German, noun/paʁˈtɪkəl/

Partikel is spelled P-A-R-T-I-K-E-L (8 letters) and appears 3.0 times per million words in written German, the 17,848th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Partikel is a German feminine noun meaning “particle (part of speech which cannot be inflected)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “im weiten Sinne: Oberbegriff für alle nicht flektierbaren Wortarten”.

What does Partikel mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    feminineparticle (part of speech which cannot be inflected)

  2. 2

    feminineparticle (fragment of the eucharistic host)

  3. 3

    femininea fragment of the True Cross venerated as a relic

noun

  1. 1

    neuterparticle

  2. 2

    neuternonstandardparticle

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

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. im weiten Sinne: Oberbegriff für alle nicht flektierbaren Wortarten 2. im engen Sinne: nicht flektierbares, nicht satzgliedfähiges Wort, das die Bedeutung seiner Bezugseinheiten beeinflusst 3. Teilchen der Hostie 4. Span des Kreuzes Christi, der als Reliquie verehrt wird

noun: 1. kleiner materieller Körper, der sich mit einer Grenze von seiner Umgebung abgrenzt

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 Partikel

  • Partikeln plural
  • Partikels genitive

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

How do you pronounce Partikel?

  • /paʁˈtɪkəl/
  • /paʁˈtiːkəl/
  • [paʁˈtɪkl̩]

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

English words that translate to Partikel

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

How common is Partikel in German?

Partikel appears 3.0 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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