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Runzel

German, noun

Runzel is spelled R-U-N-Z-E-L (6 letters) and appears about once in every 34 million words in written German, the 343,581st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Runzel is a German feminine noun meaning “wrinkle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, runzel is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Falte in der Haut”.

What does Runzel mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininewrinkle

verb

as runzel
  1. 1

    first-person singular present

  2. 2

    singular imperative

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

How German dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Falte in der Haut

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 Runzel

  • Runzeln plural

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

English words that translate to Runzel

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

How common is Runzel in German?

Runzel appears about once in every 34 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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