Winkel

Meaning

1. (masculine,strong) angle (measure, figure)
2. (masculine,strong) corner, nook
3. (masculine,strong) chevron

Concepts

angle

corner

nook

edge

rim

bank

🏦

shore

inside corner

bracket

square

Winkel

angles

set square

angle

vertex

angle

mountain-shaped

try square

upper corner

chock

narwhal

elbow

nooks

recess

Synonyms

Ecke

Rand

Knie

Ufer

keilförmiges Stück

Biegung

Kante

Winkelmaß

Krümmung

Nische

Tortenstück

Stück

1️⃣

Phase

Scheitel

Fase

Strebe

Versteck

Vertiefung

Windung

Zeichenwinkel

Größe eines Winkels

Bergform

Winkelform

Zimmermannswinkel

Eck

-n

Dreiangel

Reisswinkel

Amplitude

Arcus

Argument

Aushöhlung

Bergkamm

Bucht

eckig

Ellbogen

Firlefanz

Gegend

Höhepunkt

Ort

Scheitelpunkt

Schneide

Spitze

Stelle

Dialects

Zürich

winkel

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Pronounced as (IPA)

[ˈvɪŋkl̩]

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: winkel

Inherited from Old High German: winkil

Cognate with Dutch: winkel

Cognate with Old English: wincel

In summary

From Middle High German winkel, from Old High German winkil, from Proto-West Germanic *winkil, from Proto-Germanic *winkilaz (“angle, corner”), from Proto-Indo-European *weng- (“to bend, bow, arch, curve”). Compare Dutch winkel, Old English wincel.

Sentences

Die gemessene Verkürzung hängt vom Winkel ab , allerdings nicht linear.

The measured shortening depends on the angle, but not linear.