Trödel
German, noun
Trödel is spelled T-R-Ö-D-E-L (6 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written German, the 73,335th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Trödel is a German masculine noun meaning “junk” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, trödel is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “alte, gebrauchte Waren von geringem Wert”.
What does Trödel mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialderogatorymasculinejunk
- 2
masculineellipsis of Trödelmarkt
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. alte, gebrauchte Waren von geringem Wert 2. Trödelmarkt
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 Trödel
- Trödels genitive
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Trödel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Trödel in German?
Trödel appears about once in every 3 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).