Zwehle
German
Alternative forms
Etymology
Middle High German dwehele, Old High German dwahila, from Proto-West Germanic *þwahilu (“towel, washcloth”). Compare Alemannic German Zwächele.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt͡sveːlə/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: Zweh‧le
- Rhymes: -eːlə
Noun
Zwehle f (genitive Zwehle, plural Zwehlen)
Declension
Declension of Zwehle [feminine]
Further reading
- “Zwehle” in Duden online
- “Zwehle” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Zwehle” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- J. C. Adelung (1793–1801) “Quehle (2)”, in Grammatisch-kritisches Wörterbuch der Hochdeutschen Mundart (in German), 2nd edition