Sündenbabel
German, noun/ˈzʏndənˌbaːbəl/
Sündenbabel is spelled S-Ü-N-D-E-N-B-A-B-E-L (11 letters) and appears about once in every 47 million words in written German, the 412,295th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sündenbabel is a German neuter noun meaning “a place rife with hedonism or sin, particularly of sexual nature; sink of iniquity” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “lasterhafter Ort, Stätte sündiger Ausschweifungen”.
What does Sündenbabel mean in English?
noun
- 1
derogatoryneutera place rife with hedonism or sin, particularly of sexual nature; sink of iniquity
Amsterdam ist das Sündenbabel Europas.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. lasterhafter Ort, Stätte sündiger Ausschweifungen
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 Sündenbabel
- Sündenbabels genitive
- Sündenbabeln dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Sündenbabel?
- /ˈzʏndənˌbaːbəl/
- [ˈzʏndn̩ˌbaːbl̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Sündenbabel in German?
Sündenbabel appears about once in every 47 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).