Masculine

Wickel

Meaning

  1. (masculine, strong) poultice, cataplasm, compress
  2. (Austria, colloquial, masculine, strong) quarrel, dispute

Frequency

24k
Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

iiberschlaag

Basel-Landschaft

Basel-Landschaft

umschlaag

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈvɪkəl/
Etymology

In summary

From Middle High German wickel, wickelin, from Old High German wickilī, wickilīn, diminutive of Old High German wiohha, from Proto-West Germanic *weukā (“flax bundle, wick”), from Proto-Indo-European *weg- (“to weave”).

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