Tunnel
German, noun/ˈtʊnəl/
Tunnel is spelled T-U-N-N-E-L (6 letters) and appears 17 times per million words in written German, the 4,505th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Tunnel is a German masculine noun meaning “tunnel” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “längere Unterführung, Durchbruch durch Bergmassive oder unter bebauten Flächen oder Gewässern für Verkehrswege”.
What does Tunnel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineneutertunnel
- 2
masculineneuternutmeg (act of playing the ball through an opponent's legs)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. längere Unterführung, Durchbruch durch Bergmassive oder unter bebauten Flächen oder Gewässern für Verkehrswege
noun: 1. mit einem Ring gefasste Ohrläppchenöffnung
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 Tunnel
- the south regional
- Tunnels genitive
- Tunneln dative definite plural
- Tunell alternative Austria Switzerland
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Tunnel?
- /ˈtʊnəl/
- [ˈtʊnəl]
- [ˈtʊnl̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Tunnel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Tunnel in German?
Tunnel appears 17 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).