Wechsel
German, noun
Wechsel is spelled W-E-C-H-S-E-L (7 letters) and appears 39 times per million words in written German, the 2,154th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wechsel is a German masculine noun meaning “change” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, wechsel is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “das Austauschen von Personen oder Gegenständen”.
What does Wechsel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinechange
- 2
masculinebill of exchange
- 3
masculineellipsis of Wechseljahre n pl; menopause
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. das Austauschen von Personen oder Gegenständen 2. eine regelmäßige Aufeinanderfolge von Ereignissen 3. eine Veränderung in einem Zustand 4. Wertpapier, das eine unbedingte Zahlungsanweisung des Gläubigers an den Schuldner enthält, an den Gläubiger oder einen Dritten eine bestimmte Summe zu zahlen
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 Wechsel
- Wechsels genitive
- Wechseln dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Wechsel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Wechsel in German?
Wechsel appears 39 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).