Masculine
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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, ellipsis, masculine, strong) ellipsis of Schwimmflügel (“water wing, armband, swimmy”)

Frequency

B2
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

fägge

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

fäggte

Basel-Landschaft

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.

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