Urinal

[uʁiˈnaːl]

/[uʁiˈnaːl]/ noun

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The verdict

“Urinal” is uncommon German (frequency #99,246 among 2,159 “U” headwords), classed as a noun. The kind of spelling people second-guess.

#99,246
frequency rank, German
2,159
“U” headwords

According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - meist in öffentlichen Toiletten an der Wand befestigte(s) Becken zum Urinieren (meist für Männer)

Corpus desk

Index DE-urinal · Urinal · German

Urinal · rank #99,246 · 0 variants · 0 confusables

  • FREQ-RARE #99,246
  • LEN-LONG 6 letters
  • VOW-3 3 vowels
  • CONFUS-0 No pairs
  • VAR-0 0 variants
  • BOOK-MID 2,159
  • PHOTO-FINISH urig

Nearest frequency peer: urig (-1 rank slots)

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.

Langschwanz-Ränge nahe „Urinal“

Dünnes Band: Balken invertieren den Rang, seltenere Formen wirken kürzer

corpus weight

What this shows Langschwanz-Sicht: wo „Urinal“ gegen ähnlich seltene deutsche Ränge sitzt.

Source FrequencyWords open word-frequency list As of September 3, 2026
Key facts for Urinal
PropertyValue
HeadwordUrinal
LanguageGerman
Part of speechNoun
IPA[uʁiˈnaːl]
Letters6
Frequency rank#99,246
Misspellings tracked0
Confusable pairs0
SourceWiktionary (kaikki.org)

Langschwanz-Rang von „Urinal“ im Deutschen

Diese Skala geht vom Kern des Alltagdeutschen (links) bis zum seltenen Langschwanz (rechts).Urinalfällt in diesen Seltenheitsbereich:

#1#100#1K#10K#100K
← used constantlyrarely used →

Die Achse ist logarithmisch: jeder Tick markiert etwa zehnfach geringere Häufigkeit. Seltene Nachbarn derselben Bandbreite: „urig“ (#99,245), „Urtext“ (#99,247), „unwissender“ (#99,244). Unter 2,159 „U“-Lemmata liegt „Urinal“ bei #99,246. Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list.

Rare enough to double-check

Urinal is uncommon German at frequency #99,246 among 2,159 “U” headwords, classed as anoun, transcribed [uʁiˈnaːl]. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 2 senses are on record.

Urinal doesn't appear in our generated misspelling index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable German patterns. We don't track a confusable pairing for this entry, which typically means the spelling is too distinctive to be mistaken for another word.

This entry's etymology isn't recorded, so its spelling is easiest to reason about phoneme by phoneme, absent a documented history. The correct German form is Urinal, spelled U-R-I-N-A-L.

Definition

  1. 1
    meist in öffentlichen Toiletten an der Wand befestigte(s) Becken zum Urinieren (meist für Männer)
  2. 2
    ein mit einem weitem Hals versehenes Gefäß für Männer, welches in der Krankenpflege zum Auffangen des Urins dient

Recorded use

Wiktionary examples

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

  1. „Duchamp kaufte ein Urinal im Sanitärfachhandel, setzte seine Unterschrift darauf und wollte es als Kunstwerk ausstellen.“
  2. „Seit kurzem hängen zwei Urinale in Blütenform an der Wand. Und die keramischen Objekte stellen ihre botanischen Vorbilder fast in den Schatten.“

Synonyms

PinkelbeckenPissbeckenPissoirbeckenUrinflascheEnte

This word in other languages

urinal(English)urinario(Español)urinoir(Français)mictório(Português)

Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA); frequency ordering uses the FrequencyWords open word-frequency list (2018 German corpus, MIT). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.

Frequently Asked Questions

How do you spell "Urinal"?
"Urinal" is spelled U-R-I-N-A-L. The IPA pronunciation is [uʁiˈnaːl].
What does "Urinal" mean?
As a noun, "Urinal" means: meist in öffentlichen Toiletten an der Wand befestigte(s) Becken zum Urinieren (meist für Männer)
How do you pronounce "Urinal"?
The IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) transcription for "Urinal" is [uʁiˈnaːl]. Click the speaker icon on the pronunciation badge above to hear it spoken aloud where audio is available.
What language does "Urinal" come from?
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Similar German words by spelling shape

Same letter count and similar misspelling depth for "Urinal", not the corpus desk frequency band.

Same letter count

Frequency-ranked German headwords with 6 letters (nearest by frequency rank).

Urtext#99,247tröten#99,197vordem#99,299Traber#99,185

Source: Wiktionary (via kaikki.org) Structured Wiktionary extract

Source: FrequencyWords open word-frequency list