Masculine
Flügel
- (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, ellipsis, masculine, strong) ellipsis of Schwimmflügel (“water wing, armband, swimmy”)
Frequency
Dialects
Basel-Landschaft
fägge
Basel-Landschaft
fäggte
Basel-Landschaft
fliigel
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
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.
Related words
Seitenflügel
Hubschraube
Flugzeugflügel
Lobus
Nasenflügel
Schwimmflossen
Türflügel
Pianoforte
Ärmelaufschlag
Seitenteil eines Schreibtisches
getrenntes Gebäude
Seitengebäude
aile
ala
ala
asa
kanat
ala
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