Masculine
Flügel
Meaning
- (masculine,strong) wing (of a bird, airplane, etc.)
- (masculine,strong) leaf (of a door or window)
- (masculine,strong) casement or sash (of a window)
- (masculine,strong) blade or vane (of a propeller, impeller or turbine)
- (masculine,strong) wing (lateral part, especially of a building)
- (masculine,strong) grand piano
- (abbreviation,alt-of,masculine,strong) Short for Schwimmflügel (“water wing, armband, swimmy”).
Concepts
Synonyms
Seitenflügel
Hubschraube
Flugzeugflügel
Lobus
Nasenflügel
Schwimmflossen
Türflügel
Pianoforte
Ärmelaufschlag
Seitenteil eines Schreibtisches
getrenntes Gebäude
Seitengebäude
flößen
Frequency
Dialects
Basel-Landschaft
fägge
Basel-Landschaft
fäggte
Basel-Landschaft
fliigel
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Hyphenated as
Flü‧gel
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈflyːɡəl/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German vlügel, from Old High German *flugil, from Proto-Germanic *flugilaz. Cognate with Yiddish פֿליגל (fligl), Dutch vleugel, Middle Low German vlȫgel. The use for the grand piano (18th c.) is due to the similarity in form to a bird’s wing.
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