Ukelei
German, noun[ˈuːkəlaɪ̯]
Ukelei is spelled U-K-E-L-E-I (6 letters) and appears about once in every 83 million words in written German, the 571,872nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Ukelei is a German feminine noun meaning “bleak (fish)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “kleiner Fisch aus der Familie der Karpfenfische (Cyprinidae)”.
What does Ukelei mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininemasculinerarebleak (fish)
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. kleiner Fisch aus der Familie der Karpfenfische (Cyprinidae)
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 Ukelei
- Ukeleis genitive
- Ukeleie plural
- Uklei alternative
- Uckelei alternative
- Ucklei alternative
- Okelei alternative
- Oklei alternative
- Ockelei alternative
- Ocklei alternative
- Ikelei alternative
- Iklei alternative
- Ickelei alternative
- Icklei alternative
- Ükelei alternative
- Üklei alternative
- Ückelei alternative
- Ücklei alternative
- Ukeleien dative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Ukelei?
- [ˈuːkəlaɪ̯]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Ukelei in German?
Ukelei appears about once in every 83 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).