Sattel
German, noun
Sattel is spelled S-A-T-T-E-L (6 letters) and appears 6.3 times per million words in written German, the 10,247th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sattel is a German masculine noun meaning “saddle” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, Sättel is a different word: “nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Sattel”. In lower case, sattel is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “mit einer Polsterung versehener Sitz in einer dem menschlichen Körper angepassten Form, der auf dem Rücken…”.
What does Sattel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinesaddle
- 2
masculinenut of a string instrument (supporting strings at the head end)
noun
- 1
nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Sattel
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 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. mit einer Polsterung versehener Sitz in einer dem menschlichen Körper angepassten Form, der auf dem Rücken des Reittieres befestigt wird 2. Sitzvorrichtung an Fahr- und Motorrädern 3. tief(st)e Stelle eines (Berg-)Rückens
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 Sattel
- Sattels genitive
- Sättel plural
- Sätteln dative definite plural
- Sättelchen diminutive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Sattel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Sattel in German?
Sattel appears 6.3 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).