Schakal
German, noun/ʃaˈkaːl/
Schakal is spelled S-C-H-A-K-A-L (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 88,766th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schakal is a German masculine noun meaning “jackal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Wildhund, der von wolfsähnlicher Gestalt, aber deutlich kleiner ist und Afrika und Asien vorkommt”.
What does Schakal mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinejackal
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Wildhund, der von wolfsähnlicher Gestalt, aber deutlich kleiner ist und Afrika und Asien vorkommt
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 Schakal
- Schakales genitive
- Schakals genitive
- Schakale plural
- Schakalin feminine
- Schakalen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schakal?
- /ʃaˈkaːl/
- [ʃaˈkaːl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Schakal
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schakal in German?
Schakal appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).