Wachtel

Borrowed from German Wachtel.

Wachtel (plural Wachtels)

1. A surname from German.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Wachtel is the 14636^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2033 individuals. Wachtel is most common among White (95.33%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Wachtel”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

From Middle High German wachtel, wahtel, from Old High German wahtala, wahtila, from Proto-West Germanic *hwahtlā (“quail”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈvaxtəl/, [ˈvaχtəl], [ˈvaχtl̩]

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Wachtel f (genitive Wachtel, plural Wachteln)

1. quail
2. (slang, derogatory) screw (i.e., prison guard)

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