simpel
German, adjective
simpel is spelled S-I-M-P-E-L (6 letters) and appears 4.7 times per million words in written German, the 12,890th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Simpel is a German adjective meaning “simple, plain (not extravargant)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With a capital, Simpel is a different word: “simpleton”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “ohne groß ausgeschmückt zu sein oder ohne sich durch ein besonderes Merkmal hervorzuheben; einfach”.
What does simpel mean in English?
adjective
- 1
simple, plain (not extravargant)
- 2
simple, straightforward, easy (not complicated or difficult)
noun
- 1
masculinesimpleton
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. naiver Mensch, schlicht denkender Mensch
adjective: 1. ohne groß ausgeschmückt zu sein oder ohne sich durch ein besonderes Merkmal hervorzuheben; einfach 2. allgemein bekannt, fraglos
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 simpel
- simpler masculine nominative singular
- am simpelsten superlative
- simple feminine nominative singular
- simples neuter nominative singular
- simplen genitive masculine singular
- simplem dative masculine singular
- der simple definite includes-article masculine
- die simple definite feminine includes-article
- das simple definite includes-article neuter
- die simplen definite includes-article nominative
- des simplen definite genitive includes-article
- der simplen definite feminine genitive
- dem simplen dative definite includes-article
- Simpels genitive singular
- Simpeln dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to simpel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is simpel in German?
simpel appears 4.7 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).