Watvogel
German, noun
Watvogel is spelled W-A-T-V-O-G-E-L (8 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written German, the 321,814th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Watvogel is a German masculine noun meaning “a wading bird” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an umlaut, Watvögel is a different word: “nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Watvogel”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Vogel, der der Unterordnung Limicolae der Ordnung der Regenpfeiferartigen (Charadriiformes) angehört und für…”.
What does Watvogel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea wading bird
noun
- 1
nominative/accusative/genitive plural of Watvogel
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Vogel, der der Unterordnung Limicolae der Ordnung der Regenpfeiferartigen (Charadriiformes) angehört und für den ein langer, dünner Schnabel und lange, dünne, stelzenartige Beine charakteristisch sind, mit denen er gut in Schlick und seichtem Wasser umher waten kann
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 Watvogel
- Watvogels genitive
- Watvögel plural
- Watvögeln dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Watvogel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Watvogel in German?
Watvogel appears about once in every 30 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).