Schaukel

See also: schaukel

German

Etymology

With -au- by artificial adaptation to standard German from Low German Schukel, a lengthened variant of Low German Schuckel (also early modern German Schuckel), deverbal from schuckeln, schockeln, iterative of Middle Low German and Middle High German schocken,[1] from Proto-Germanic *skukkōną. Related with English shock.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃaʊ̯kəl/, [ˈʃaʊ̯kl̩]
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Noun

Schaukel f (genitive Schaukel, plural Schaukeln)

  1. (narrow sense) swing (seat hanging on two lines)
  2. (broad sense) any swinging construction, including seesaws and similar devices

Declension

Declension of Schaukel [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Schaukel die Schaukeln
genitive einer der Schaukel der Schaukeln
dative einer der Schaukel den Schaukeln
accusative eine die Schaukel die Schaukeln

References

  1. ^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “Schaukel”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN

Further reading

  • “Schaukel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Schaukel” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Schaukel” in Duden online
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