Wollknäuel
German, noun[ˈvɔlˌknɔɪ̯əl]
Wollknäuel is spelled W-O-L-L-K-N-Ä-U-E-L (10 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written German, the 121,881st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Wollknäuel is a German masculine noun meaning “ball of wool; skein” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “zu einer Art Kugel aufgewickeltes Wollgarn”.
What does Wollknäuel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculineneuterball of wool; skein
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. zu einer Art Kugel aufgewickeltes Wollgarn
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 Wollknäuel
- Wollknäuels genitive
- Wollknäueln dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Wollknäuel?
- [ˈvɔlˌknɔɪ̯əl]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is Wollknäuel in German?
Wollknäuel appears about once in every 6 million words in written German.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).