Wendel

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɛndl̩/

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• Hyphenation: Wen‧del

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Equivalent to wenden +‎ -el.

Wendel f (genitive Wendel, plural Wendeln)

1. coil, spiral, helix
2. bookmark

• Wendelring, Wendelmeer, Wendelschnecke, Wendelstab, Wendeltreppe

• “Wendel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Wendel” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• “Wendel” in Duden online

Wendel m (proper noun, strong, genitive Wendels)

1. a male given name, variant of Wendelin

• St. Wendel

From Proto-West Germanic *Wandil, from Proto-Germanic *wandilaz.

• IPA^(key): /ˈwen.del/

Wendel m

1. an inhabitant of Vendil (the northern part of Jutland)
2. (uncertain, yet possibly) a Vandal; (in the plural) the Vandals

• The term is attested only in the genitive plural as Wendla and in the dative plural as Wen[d]lum. It is uncertain whether the ethnonym was declined as a masculine a-stem or as a masculine i-stem. The i-stem declension is inferred from texts written in Latin which use the term as Wandali.

Strong a-stem:

Strong i-stem:

• Wendelsǣ (“the Mediterranean Sea”, literally “the Vandal-sea”)

• Ēarendel

• Middle English: Wandales