Masculine
Gürtel
Meaning
- (masculine, strong) belt (band worn around the waist)
- (figuratively, masculine, strong) belt; strip (e.g. of villages around a city, etc.)
Concepts
Synonyms
Translations
Frequency
Dialects
Basel-Landschaft
guurt
Basel-Landschaft
rieme
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈɡʏʁtəl/
Etymology
In summary
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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