Masculine

Senkel

lace

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

neschtel

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈzɛŋkl̩/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German senkel (“net weighed down with lead balls, anchor, lace”), from Old High German senkil (“anchor, cast net”), from an extension of senken with nominalizing suffix -ila, originally meaning "device that one lets sink down"; see Stachel for an analogous noun formation.

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