Feminine

Kanzel

Meaning

  1. (feminine) pulpit; raised, enclosed platform in a church from which a preacher preaches
  2. (feminine) cockpit
  3. (archaic, feminine) pulpit, raised desk or stand of a teacher
  4. (feminine) small, raised, enclosed observation post for a hunter, a police officer observing an intersection, etc

Frequency

33k
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

kanzle

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German kanzel, Old High German cancella (“the place set apart for the priests”); derived from Late Latin cancellus (“grating”). Cognate with English chancel.

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