werkel
German, verb[ˈvɛʁkl̩]
werkel is spelled W-E-R-K-E-L (6 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written German, the 163,492nd most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Werkel is a German verb meaning “first-person singular present” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does werkel mean in English?
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. Musikinstrument, dessen Mechanik von einem Werkelmann durch eine Kurbel in Bewegung gesetzt wird 2. etwas, das sich bewegt, etwas erzeugt oder bewirkt
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 werkel
- Werkeln nominative plural
- Werkels genitive singular
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce werkel?
- [ˈvɛʁkl̩]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is werkel in German?
werkel appears about once in every 9 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).