Wahl
German, noun
Wahl is spelled W-A-H-L (4 letters) and appears 155 times per million words in written German, the 561st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wahl is a German feminine noun meaning “choice, selection” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). On this page, wähl is a different word: “singular imperative of wählen”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Entscheidung zwischen zwei oder mehreren Möglichkeiten”.
What does Wahl mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininechoice, selection
eine Wahl treffen.
- 2
feminineelection (process of choosing a leader or representatives)
- 3
femininequality level
verb
- 1
singular imperative of wählen
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Entscheidung zwischen zwei oder mehreren Möglichkeiten 2. das Abstimmen darüber, wer bestimmte Ämter oder Gremien besetzen beziehungsweise ausüben darf, auch über einzelne Sachthemen 3. eine Qualitätsstufe
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 Wahl
- Wahlen plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Wahl
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Wahl in German?
Wahl appears 155 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).