Wickel

German

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɪkəl/, [ˈvɪ.kl̩], [ˈʋɪ-], [-kəl]
  • Hyphenation: Wi‧ckel
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

Wickel m (strong, genitive Wickels, plural Wickel)

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

Declension

Declension of Wickel [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Wickel die Wickel
genitive eines des Wickels der Wickel
dative einem dem Wickel den Wickeln
accusative einen den Wickel die Wickel

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “Wickel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Wickel” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Wickel” in Duden online
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