Wels
German, noun/vɛls/
Wels is spelled W-E-L-S (4 letters) and appears 3.7 times per million words in written German, the 15,332nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wels is a German masculine noun meaning “wels catfish (Silurus glanis)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Fisch der Gattung Silurus oder der Familie Siluridae”.
What does Wels mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinewels catfish (Silurus glanis)
- 2
masculinecatfish, any fish of the order Siluriformes
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Fisch der Gattung Silurus oder der Familie Siluridae 2. Fisch der Ordnung Siluriformes
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 Wels
- Welses genitive
- Welse plural
- Welsen dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Wels?
- /vɛls/
- [vɛls]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Wels
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Wels in German?
Wels appears 3.7 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).