Masculine

Onkel

uncle

mother’s brother

father’s brother

Bruder der Mutter

Onkel mütterlicherseits

Bruder des Vaters

Vatersbruder

Herr

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Muttersbruder

Kerl

Onkel väterlicherseits

Frequency

Basel-Landschaft

unggle

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Hyphenated as

On‧kel

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɔŋkəl/

Borrowed from French

oncle

In summary

Borrowed from French oncle.

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