Onkel

Meaning

uncle

Frequency

Hyphenated as

On‧kel

Gender

♂️ Masculine

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈɔŋkəl/

Etymology

Borrowed from French oncle.

Borrowed from French

oncle

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Übermorgen kommt Onkel Bernd zu Besuch .

Uncle Bernd comes to visit the day after tomorrow.

Ihn förderte der kursächsische Kabinettsminister Graf
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von Hoym, der Onkel seiner zweiten Ehefrau
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He received advancement through the good offices of the Cabinet Minister of the Electors of Saxony, Count von Hoym, the uncle of his second wife.

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