Wandel
German, noun
Wandel is spelled W-A-N-D-E-L (6 letters) and appears 21 times per million words in written German, the 3,720th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wandel is a German masculine noun meaning “transformation, change” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, wandel is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Veränderung; Übergang von einem Zustand zu einem anderen”.
What does Wandel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetransformation, change
- 2
datedmasculinelifestyle; way of life
- 3
masculineobsoletedefect
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 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. Veränderung; Übergang von einem Zustand zu einem anderen 2. Gesamtheit der Kontakte, die eine Person pflegt; das soziale Umfeld, in dem sie sich bewegt
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 Wandel
- Wandels genitive
- Wandeln dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Wandel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Wandel in German?
Wandel appears 21 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).