teckel

[tekɛl]

/[tekɛl]/ noun

The verdict

“teckel” is uncommon German (outside the top frequency list), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

Unranked
below top-frequency German
6
letters

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - kleiner Hund, der traditionell zur Jagd eingesetzt wird

Corpus desk

Index DE-teckel · teckel · German

teckel · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-2 2 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-THIN "T" thin
  • PHOTO-UNK Peer pending

Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.

Key facts for teckel
PropertyValue
Headwordteckel
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[tekɛl]
Letters6
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „teckel“ im Deutschen

teckelliegt außerhalb der 100.000 häufigsten deutschen Wörter, im Langschwanz technischer, archaischer oder seltener Formen, genau dort, wo Schreibzweifeln zuschlagen.

Beyond rank #100,000. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

teckel is uncommon German outside the top frequency list, classed as anoun, transcribed [tekɛl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. Gloss: "kleiner Hund, der traditionell zur Jagd eingesetzt wird".

teckel doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, a straightforward case of a spelling with little room for common typos. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, since nothing in our dataset looks or sounds close enough to cause mix-ups.

Our source data has no etymology on file for this entry, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is teckel, spelled T-E-C-K-E-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    kleiner Hund, der traditionell zur Jagd eingesetzt wird

Recorded use

Wiktionary example

These source excerpts show how teckel appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.

  1. Ma marraine a un teckel.

This word in other languages

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "teckel"?
"teckel" is spelled T-E-C-K-E-L. The IPA pronunciation is [tekɛl].
What does "teckel" mean?
As a noun, "teckel" means: kleiner Hund, der traditionell zur Jagd eingesetzt wird
How do you pronounce "teckel"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "teckel" is [tekɛl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "teckel" come from?
"teckel" is a German word. PlainSpell's reference spans five languages -- English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, and German -- with definitions, pronunciations, and spelling data for each.
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Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list