Spule
German, noun
Spule is spelled S-P-U-L-E (5 letters) and appears 1.4 times per million words in written German, the 30,497th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Spule is a German feminine noun meaning “spool” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, Spüle is a different word: “sink, especially kitchen sink”. On this page, spüle is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Rolle, die mit einem Faden umwickelt ist”.
What does Spule mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininespool
- 2
femininecoil
- 3
femininereel
noun
- 1
colloquialfemininesink, especially kitchen sink
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- 3
singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Rolle, die mit einem Faden umwickelt ist 2. aus einem Leiter (meist Kupferdraht) gewickeltes Bauteil, das vor allem wegen seiner Induktivität verwendet wird
noun: 1. Einrichtungsgegenstand in der Küche, an dem verschmutztes Besteck und Geschirr gereinigt werden kann
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 Spule
- Spulen plural
- Spul alternative obsolete
- Spuel alternative obsolete
- Spülen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Spule
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Spule in German?
Spule appears 1.4 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).