Priel
German, noun/pʁiːl/
Priel is spelled P-R-I-E-L (5 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written German, the 170,338th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Priel is a German masculine noun meaning “tidal creek” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “natürlicher, tideabhängiger Wasserlauf im Deichvorland und Watt”.
What does Priel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetidal creek
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. natürlicher, tideabhängiger Wasserlauf im Deichvorland und Watt
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 Priel
- Priels genitive
- Prieles genitive
- Priele plural
- Prielen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Priel?
- /pʁiːl/
- [pʁiːl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Priel in German?
Priel appears about once in every 10 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).