Skrupel
German, noun/ˈskruːpəl/
Skrupel is spelled S-K-R-U-P-E-L (7 letters) and appears 1.3 times per million words in written German, the 32,479th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Skrupel is a German masculine noun meaning “scruple, qualm (moral hesitation)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Bedenken, Zweifel oder Gewissensbisse, die zu Hemmungen führen”.
What does Skrupel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinescruple, qualm (moral hesitation)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Bedenken, Zweifel oder Gewissensbisse, die zu Hemmungen führen
noun: 1. das Skrupel - ein altes Gewichtsmaß
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 Skrupel
- Skrupels genitive
- Skrupeln dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Skrupel?
- /ˈskruːpəl/
- [ˈskʁuː.pl̩]
- [ˈskʁuːpl̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Skrupel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Skrupel in German?
Skrupel appears 1.3 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).