hengel

Meaning

Noun

1. (masculine) fishing rod
2. (masculine) common cow-wheat (Melampyrum pratense)

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular) inflection of hengelen:
2. (form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular) inflection of hengelen:
3. (form-of, imperative) inflection of hengelen:

hengelen

1. (intransitive) to angle, to fish with a fishhook on a line on a rod
2. (figuratively, intransitive) to fish for information or some reaction

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Concepts

fishing rod

rod

leg

🦵

reed

staff

stick

baton

fishing pole

cane

Synonyms

staf

stok

hengelroede

Translations

Angelrute

canne

caña de pescar

caña

Angel

arundo

canne à pêche

cana

caña de pesca

canya de pescar

canna da pesca

canna

gaffe

Stecken

Etymology

From hangen + -el, with umlaut; possibly influenced by angel (“stinger, hook”). It is uncertain if the plant name is etymologically identical.