Feminine

Qual

Meaning

agony, anguish, torment, torture (that one suffers)

Frequency

C1
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

gwaal

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

gwool

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/kvaːl/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German quāle, from Old High German quāla, from Proto-West Germanic *kwālu, from Proto-Germanic *kwēlō. Cognate with Dutch kwaal.

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