Zwickel

German

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡svɪkl̩/

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• Hyphenation: Zwi‧ckel

Noun

Zwickel m (strong, genitive Zwickels, plural Zwickel)

1. gore (triangular patch of fabric)

   Synonym: Gehre

Declension

Declension of Zwickel [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Zwickel	die	Zwickel
genitive	eines	des	Zwickels	der	Zwickel
dative	einem	dem	Zwickel	den	Zwickeln
accusative	einen	den	Zwickel	die	Zwickel

Descendants

• → Hungarian: cvikli

Further reading

• “Zwickel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Zwickel” in Duden online
• “Zwickel”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
• “Zwickel” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon