Home › Words › D › dunkeldunkel/ˈdʌn.kəl/dunkel means A surname from German.dunkel is pronounced /ˈdʌn.kəl/.EtymologyBorrowed from German Dunkel.nameA surname from German.nounA type of dark German lager, typically ranging in color from amber to dark reddish brown, and characterized by its smooth malty flavor.e.g.“I drank dunkel export beer in the Bier Halle where all the girls were called Therese;” — 1994, A Stomach for Dissent: The Life of Raymond Postgate, 1896-1971, Keele University Press, page 168:Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.doppelbock 66% match — A Bavarian speciality beer, deep gold to dark brown, with a large, creamy, persistent head and a strong malty aroma. vs dunkel →helles 66% match — A type of lightly-hopped pale lager traditionally produced in southern Germany. vs dunkel →märzen 66% match — A lager originating in Bavaria, which has a medium to full body and may vary in color from pale through amber to dark brown and is traditionally served at the Munich Oktoberfest. vs dunkel →dunky 62% match — Suitable for dunking; dunkable. vs dunkel →dubbel 60% match — A kind of strong brown beer, originally from Belgian Trappist monasteries. vs dunkel →dank 60% match — Dark, damp and humid. vs dunkel →kellerbier 59% match — A type of German beer, a lager, which is typically neither clarified nor pasteurised. vs dunkel →radler 58% match — German-style shandy (drink of beer mixed with lemonade). vs dunkel →