Bügel

See also: bügel and bugel

German

Etymology

From Middle High German *bügel (attested as bügele f, later bogell m [15th c.]), from Proto-Germanic *bugilaz, from the root of *beuganą (“to bend, bow”).[1][2] Cognate with Dutch beugel, Middle Low German bȫgel (earlier already Old Saxon armbugil), Old Norse bygill (whence Danish bøjle etc.).

It seems that the word was originally northern (Low and Central German) and established itself more widely only during the 16th century. The Schweizerisches Idiotikon still considers it “not truly autochthonous” (nicht recht volksmäßig).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbyːɡəl/, [ˈbyː.ɡl̩]
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  • Hyphenation: Bü‧gel

Noun

Bügel m (strong, genitive Bügels, plural Bügel, diminutive Bügelchen n)

  1. a bent or curved piece of metal (or less often other material), a bail, bow, ring, specifically
    1. a handle such as that of a bucket
    2. an arm of glasses
    3. ellipsis of Kleiderbügel: clothes hanger
    4. ellipsis of Steigbügel: stirrup

Declension

Declension of Bügel [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Bügel die Bügel
genitive eines des Bügels der Bügel
dative einem dem Bügel den Bügeln
accusative einen den Bügel die Bügel

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Philippa, Marlies, Debrabandere, Frans, Quak, Arend, Schoonheim, Tanneke, van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009) “beugel”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands‎[1] (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
  2. ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “Bügel”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

Further reading

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