Popel

• IPA^(key): [ˈpopɛl]

Popel m anim (female equivalent Popelová)

1. a male surname

• “Popel”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

• IPA^(key): /ˈpoːpəl/

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• Hyphenation: Po‧pel

19th century. Said to be of Central German origin. Used for various misshapen or thickish objects.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Popel m (strong, genitive Popels, plural Popel)

1. booger, boogers, bogey (piece of solid or semisolid mucus in or removed from the nostril)
2. hickey (printing defect caused by foreign matter on the printing surface)

• Nasenpopel
• popeln

From Middle Low German pōpel, from Latin populus (either directly or through Old French pueple). Doublet of Pöbel. In sense 1 perhaps influenced by etymology 1, but the relation remains unclear as long as the former’s origin is obscure.

Popel m (strong, genitive Popels, plural Popel)

1. a pitiable or insignificant person (usually male)
2. (dated) one of the common people, proletarian, member of the working (or lower middle) class
3. (archaic) alternative form of Pöbel (“plebs, mob”)

• popelig

• “Popel” in Duden online