Quelle
German, noun
Quelle is spelled Q-U-E-L-L-E (6 letters) and appears 68 times per million words in written German, the 1,266th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Quelle is a German feminine noun meaning “spring” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, quelle is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Ursprung eines Flusses, fließenden Gewässers; Ort des augenscheinlichen oberirdischen Austritts von Gewässern”.
What does Quelle mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininespring
- 2
femininewell (oil, gas)
- 3
femininesource
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
first/third-person singular subjunctive I
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ursprung eines Flusses, fließenden Gewässers; Ort des augenscheinlichen oberirdischen Austritts von Gewässern 2. Ursprung von etwas Bestimmten 3. wissenschaftlich auswertbares Primärmaterial 4. Person, die über direkte Informationen verfügt
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 Quelle
- Quellen plural
- Kwelle alternative obsolete
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Quelle
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Quelle in German?
Quelle appears 68 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).