Regal

Meaning

shelf, shelving, rack, bookcase

Frequency

C1
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

schaft

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ʁeˈɡaːl/
Etymology

Of unknown origin. Perhaps derived from Middle Low German riōle or reōle (“rack, frame, ditch”). Compare Dutch regel. In the 18th and 19th centuries, the form Regal existed alongside the form Real.

Cognate with Dutch
Dutch
regel

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