yodel

English · Español · Français

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

yodel

  • /ˈjəʊ.dəl/ UK
  • /ˈjoʊ.dəl/ US

Rhymes with -əʊdəl

Where it comes from

Borrowed from German jodeln.

verb yodels · yodeling · yodelling · yodeled · yodelled

  1. intransitive, transitive To sing (a song) in such a way that the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal chest voice and falsetto.

noun yodels

  1. An act of yodelling.
  2. A song incorporating yodelling.

Translations

Every language

verb to sing in such a way that the voice fluctuates rapidly between the normal chest voice and falsetto

Españolcantar como los tiroleses
日本語ヨーデルする yōderu suru
Portuguêscantar à tirolesa
Françaisiodler, yodler, jodler
Deutschjodeln
Italianocantare lo jodel
Ελληνικάλαρυγγίζω laryngízo
Русскиййодли́ровать jodlírovatʹ

noun song

Españolcanción al estilo tirolés, canto a la tirolesa
한국어요들 yodeul
日本語ヨーデル yōderu
中文約德爾 /约德尔 yuēdé'ěr, 約德爾唱法 /约德尔唱法 yuēdé'ěr chàngfǎ
Portuguêstirolesa, canto tirolês, iodelei, tirolês
Françaisyodel, jodel, iodel
DeutschJodler, Jodeln
Italianojodel, canto tirolese
Ελληνικάλαρυγγισμός laryngismós
Русскиййодль jodlʹ
Tiếng Việthát yodel
العربيةيودلية

Talk about this word

Cite this
MLA

"yodel." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/yodel. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

yodel. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/yodel

Chicago

"yodel." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/yodel.

BibTeX
@misc{yodel_2026,
  title = {yodel},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/yodel},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}