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Vogel

German, noun

Vogel is spelled V-O-G-E-L (5 letters) and appears 28 times per million words in written German, the 2,891st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Vogel is a German masculine noun meaning “a bird” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, Vögel is a different word: “nominative plural of Vogel”. On this page, vögel is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Vertreter einer Tiergruppe der Wirbeltiere mit Flügeln und Federn”.

What does Vogel mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinea bird

  2. 2

    colloquialmasculineslangan idiot, a clown (dimwitted or ridiculous person)

    Was für ’n Vogel bist du denn?

  3. 3

    masculineslanga kite (an aeroplane or any aircraft)

    Lasst uns den Vogel in die Luft bringen.

noun

as Vögel
  1. 1

    masculinenominative plural of Vogel

  2. 2

    masculineaccusative plural of Vogel

  3. 3

    masculinegenitive plural of Vogel

verb

as vögel
  1. 1

    first-person singular present

  2. 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. Vertreter einer Tiergruppe der Wirbeltiere mit Flügeln und Federn 2. Ausdruck in Redewendungen in Verbindung mit haben für spinnen, verrückt sein 3. auffälliger Mensch 4. Flugzeug

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 Vogel

  • Vogels genitive
  • Vögel plural
  • Vögelchen diminutive neuter
  • Vöglein diminutive neuter
  • Vogerl diminutive neuter
  • Vögelein diminutive neuter
  • Vögeln dative definite plural

Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

English words that translate to Vogel

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is Vogel in German?

Vogel appears 28 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).

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