Siel
German, noun/ziːl/
Siel is spelled S-I-E-L (4 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written German, the 104,034th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Siel is a German masculine noun meaning “lock of a dike” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Rohrleitung für Abwässer”.
What does Siel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineneuterlock of a dike
- 2
masculineneutersubterranean sewer
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Rohrleitung für Abwässer 2. Deichschleuse zur Entwässerung der Marsch
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 Siel
- Siels genitive
- Sieles genitive
- Siele plural
- Sielen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Siel?
- /ziːl/
- [ziːl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Siel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Siel in German?
Siel appears about once in every 4 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).