Bengel

Borrowed from German Bengel.

Bengel (plural Bengels)

1. A surname from German.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Bengel is the 37899^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 586 individuals. Bengel is most common among White (93.34%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bengel”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 136.

From Middle High German bengel, from Old High German *bengil (“club", "stick", "hammer”), from Proto-West Germanic *bangil, from Proto-Germanic *bangilaz (“club, hammer”), from Proto-Germanic *bang- (“to beat”).

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Bengel m (strong, genitive Bengels, plural Bengel)

1. (archaic) a club wielded as a weapon

   Synonyms: Keule, Kolbe

2. a young rascal
3. (derogatory or endearing)^[1] a knave, a boy

   Synonym: Knabe

• bengelhaft

• → Kashubian: bëniel

• “Bengel” in Duden online
• “Bengel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache