Welle
German, noun
Welle is spelled W-E-L-L-E (5 letters) and appears 18 times per million words in written German, the 4,267th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Welle is a German feminine noun meaning “wave (of water)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, welle is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “Erhebung von Wasser”.
What does Welle mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininewave (of water)
- 2
femininewave, curve, anything wave-shaped (e.g. hair)
- 3
feminineshaft (mechanical component)
- 4
femininecraze, fad (fashion, etc.)
verb
- 1
first-person singular present
- 2
first/third-person singular subjunctive I
- 3
singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Erhebung von Wasser 2. Art der Energieausbreitung, zum Beispiel des Schalls oder Lichts 3. eine geistige, kulturelle, politische, allgemeine Strömung, die sich wiederholt und steigert 4. Maschinenteil zur Übertragung von Drehbewegungen
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 Welle
- Wellen plural
- Wellchen diminutive neuter
- KW abbreviation
- LW abbreviation
- MW abbreviation
- UKW abbreviation
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Welle
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Welle in German?
Welle appears 18 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).