Pickel
German, noun/ˈpɪkəl/
Pickel is spelled P-I-C-K-E-L (6 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written German, the 20,546th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Pickel is a German masculine noun meaning “pickaxe, icepick” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “eitrig entzündete Erhebung der Haut”.
What does Pickel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepickaxe, icepick
noun
- 1
masculinepimple, pustule
noun
- 1
masculinepickle (liquid used to preserve food; brine)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. eitrig entzündete Erhebung der Haut
noun: 1. Werkzeug zum Lösen von Boden oder Gestein
noun: 1. Lösung aus Kochsalz und Schwefel, mit der Häute konserviert werden können
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 Pickel
- Pickels genitive
- Pickeln dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Pickel?
- /ˈpɪkəl/
- [ˈpɪkl̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Pickel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Pickel in German?
Pickel appears 2.5 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).