Schäkel
German, noun/ʃɛːkl̩/
Schäkel is spelled S-C-H-Ä-K-E-L (7 letters) and appears about once in every 15 million words in written German, the 216,904th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schäkel is a German masculine noun meaning “shackle, clevis” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “U-förmiges Verbindungsteil, das mit einem Steck- oder Schraubbolzen verschlossen wird”.
What does Schäkel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineshackle, clevis
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. U-förmiges Verbindungsteil, das mit einem Steck- oder Schraubbolzen verschlossen wird
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 Schäkel
- Schäkels genitive
- Schäkeln dative definite plural
- Schäckel alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Schäkel?
- /ʃɛːkl̩/
- [ˈʃɛːkl̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Schäkel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schäkel in German?
Schäkel appears about once in every 15 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).