Schüssel
German, noun
Schüssel is spelled S-C-H-Ü-S-S-E-L (8 letters) and appears 6.5 times per million words in written German, the 10,058th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Schüssel is a German feminine noun meaning “bowl, platter” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its umlaut, Schussel is a different word: “scatterbrain, butterfingers”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Schale für Lebensmittel”.
What does Schüssel mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininebowl, platter
- 2
femininebasin
- 3
colloquialderogatoryfemininecar
- 4
colloquialfeminine(satellite) dish
noun
- 1
masculinescatterbrain, butterfingers
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Schale für Lebensmittel 2. Inhalt einer Schale für Lebensmittel 3. Auto 4. Satellitenschüssel
noun: 1. fahrige, unkonzentrierte Person
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 Schüssel
- Schüsseln plural
- Schüsselchen diminutive neuter
- Schüsselein diminutive neuter
- Schüsserl diminutive neuter
- Schussels genitive
- Schusseln dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Schüssel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Schüssel in German?
Schüssel appears 6.5 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).