Feminine

Keule

Meaning

  1. (feminine) club (weapon)
  2. (feminine) club (for juggling)
  3. (feminine, regional) pestle
  4. (feminine) leg (of animal, eaten as meat)
  5. (Berlin, colloquial, feminine, including, regional) bro, mate, dude

Frequency

C2
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

kyyle

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkɔʏ̯lə/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German kiule, kūle, from Old High German *kiula, from Proto-West Germanic *kiulijā, from Proto-Germanic *kiulijǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *gewl-o- (“vessel; club”), an l-extension of *gew- (“to bend, arch”) (DWDS). Cognate with Middle Low German kü̂le.

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