Zettel
German, noun
Zettel is spelled Z-E-T-T-E-L (6 letters) and appears 11 times per million words in written German, the 6,291st most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zettel is a German masculine noun meaning “a small or loose piece of paper, slip” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). In lower case, zettel is a different word: “first-person singular present”. The German Wiktionary defines it as “ein Blatt Papier, dessen Größe nicht genormt ist, für Notizen und dergleichen”.
What does Zettel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinea small or loose piece of paper, slip
- 2
masculinenote, message, letter
- 3
masculineposter, placard, public notice
noun
- 1
masculinewarp
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. ein Blatt Papier, dessen Größe nicht genormt ist, für Notizen und dergleichen 2. Kette eines Gewebes
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 Zettel
- Zettels genitive
- Zettelchen diminutive neuter
- Zetterl diminutive neuter
- Zetteln dative definite plural
- zedel alternative
- zeddel alternative archaic regional
- ziddel alternative
- zöttel alternative
- zättel alternative
- zettul alternative
- Zeddel alternative
- Zettul alternative
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to Zettel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Zettel in German?
Zettel appears 11 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).