Schaukel

Meaning

1. (feminine) swing (seat hanging on two lines)
2. (broadly,feminine) any swinging construction, including seesaws and similar devices

Concepts

swing

seesaw

see-saw

teeter-totter

balance

teeterboard

rocking chair

teetertotter

Synonyms

Wippe

Schaukelbrett

Schaukelstuhl

Hutsche

Hin und Her

die

Hängeschaukel

Liegestuhl

Wippschaukel

Hängematte

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

rytti

St. Gallen

gigampì

St. Gallen

reezì

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈʃaʊ̯kəl/

Etymology

Cognate with Low German: Schuckel

Cognate with German: Schuckel

Cognate with English: shock

In summary

With -au- by artificial adaptation to standard German from Low German Schukel, a lengthened variant of Low German Schuckel (also early modern German Schuckel), deverbal from schuckeln, schockeln, iterative of Middle Low German and Middle High German schocken, from Proto-Germanic *skukkōną. Related with English shock.