Masculine
Kreisel
Meaning
- (masculine, strong) top, spinning top (toy)
- (informal, masculine, strong) roundabout, traffic circle
Concepts
pegtop
whipping top
whipping-top
whipping tops
spindle whorl
gyrocompas
whip-top
spintop
trompo
peg-top
Synonyms
Kreiselgerät
Brummkreisel
Kreisverkehrsplatz
Kreiselapparat
Kreiselinstrumen
Spielkreisel
Peitschenkreisel
Translations
toupie
trompo
tol
trottola
σβούρα
baldufa
pião
topaç
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈkʁaɪ̯zəl/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German kriusel, derived from krūs, whence modern kraus (“frizzy, curly”). Doublet of Kräusel (“frizzle, squiggle”). The sense “spinning top” was borrowed from cognate Middle Low German krü̂sel into East Central German, whence it spread in the written language. The unrounded form Kreisel was later standardised due to association with etymologically unrelated Kreis (“circle”). It may now be reanalysed as Kreis + -el.
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