Gürtel
Meaning
- (masculine,strong) belt (band worn around the waist)
- (figuratively,masculine,strong) belt; strip (e.g. of villages around a city, etc.)
Frequency
Gender
♂️ Masculine
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɡʏʁtəl/
Etymology
From Middle High German gürtel, from Old High German gurtil, from Proto-West Germanic *gurdil, from Proto-Germanic *gurdilaz (“girdle, belt”). By surface analysis, gürten + el.
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