Masculine
Prügel
Meaning
- (masculine, strong) club, cudgel
- (informal, masculine, mildly, strong, vulgar) cock, penis
- (masculine, plural, plural-only, strong) swats, a beating, notably as corporal punishment
Concepts
Synonyms
Faustrecht
Polizeiknüppel
Tracht Prügel
Wucht
Colt
Körperstrafe
Züchtigung durch Schläge
Translations
Frequency
Dialects
Basel-Landschaft
bumpis
Basel-Landschaft
dätsch
Basel-Landschaft
gnepfli
Basel-Landschaft
gnepflis
Basel-Landschaft
hoosegnepfli
Basel-Landschaft
hoosespannis
Basel-Landschaft
ranzeschnitte
Basel-Landschaft
schnitte
Basel-Landschaft
schnitz
Basel-Landschaft
wiggs
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈpʁyː.ɡəl]
Etymology
In summary
From Late Middle High German brügel, an l-suffixed formation from Middle High German brüge (“framework”), itself related to Proto-Germanic *brugjǭ (“bridge”), with semantic shift "framework" > "structured object" > "club, cudgel".
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