Segel
German, noun
Segel is spelled S-E-G-E-L (5 letters) and appears 4.9 times per million words in written German, the 12,471st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Segel is a German neuter noun meaning “sail” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, segel is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Stück Stoff zur Nutzung des Windes für die Fortbewegung von Schiffen, Fluggeräten und Fahrzeugen”.
What does Segel mean in English?
noun
- 1
neutersail
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. Stück Stoff zur Nutzung des Windes für die Fortbewegung von Schiffen, Fluggeräten und Fahrzeugen
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 Segel
- Segels genitive
- Segeln dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Segel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Segel in German?
Segel appears 4.9 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).