Usage Note
Orgel is the musical instrument, the pipe organ — never the bodily organ, which is Organ. The plural Orgeln also feeds the compound Drehorgel ('barrel organ').
Examples
"In der Kirche spielt eine Orgel."
Natural Translation
An organ is playing in the church.
Literal Translation
In the church plays an organ.
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