Zirkel
German, noun/ˈt͡sɪrkəl/
Zirkel is spelled Z-I-R-K-E-L (6 letters) and appears 2.5 times per million words in written German, the 20,546th most frequent German word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Zirkel is a German masculine noun meaning “pair of compasses, compass (device to draw circles)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The German Wiktionary defines it as “Gerät zum Zeichnen von Kreisen”.
What does Zirkel mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinepair of compasses, compass (device to draw circles)
- 2
masculinerarecircle (geometrical figure)
- 3
masculinecircle (group of persons with a common interest)
- 4
masculinemonogram of a student society.
Source: English Wiktionary, German section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How German dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gerät zum Zeichnen von Kreisen 2. feste, aber nicht als Verein organisierte Gruppe 3. Schlussfolgerung, bei der das Erschlossene vorausgesetzt wird
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 Zirkel
- Zirkels genitive
- Zirkeln dative definite plural
Source: English Wiktionary and German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce Zirkel?
- /ˈt͡sɪrkəl/
- [ˈt͡sɪʁ.kl̩]
- [ˈt͡sɪɐ̯-]
Sources: English Wiktionary, German Wiktionary (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to Zirkel
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is Zirkel in German?
Zirkel appears 2.5 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).