Flügel

Meaning

1. (masculine,strong) wing (of a bird, airplane, etc.)
2. (masculine,strong) leaf (of a door or window)
3. (masculine,strong) casement or sash (of a window)
4. (masculine,strong) blade or vane (of a propeller, impeller or turbine)
5. (masculine,strong) wing (lateral part, especially of a building)
6. (masculine,strong) grand piano
7. (abbreviation,alt-of,masculine,strong) Short for Schwimmflügel (“water wing, armband, swimmy”).

Concepts

wing

🪽

grand piano

wings

piano

shoulder

feather

🪶

leaf

sleeve

aft swept wing

a wing

separate building

demi-vol

wing

🪽

part

wing

🪽

arm

branch

concert grand

lobe

outbuilding

outhouse

Synonyms

Fittich

🪽

Schwinge

Konzertflügel

Tragfläche

🪽

Seitenflügel

Rand

Propellerflügel

Hubschraube

Flugzeugflügel

Rotor

Anbau

Feder

🪶

Klavier

Flanke

Lappen

Lobus

Manschette

Nasenflügel

Nebengebäude

Schaufel

Schulter

Schwimmflossen

Schwung

Seite

Spektrum

Trakt

Türflügel

Arm

Krempe

Piano

Pianoforte

Ärmelaufschlag

Seitenteil eines Schreibtisches

getrenntes Gebäude

Seitengebäude

Fittiche

Ärmel

Aufschwung

Blatt

Block

Flosse

flößen

Flug

✈️

Flüge

Fraktion

Frechheit

Gruppe

Gruppierung

Lager

Hyphenated as

Flü‧gel

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈflyːɡəl/

Etymology

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.