Onkel

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German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French oncle.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɔŋkəl/
  • Hyphenation: On‧kel
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

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Onkel m (strong, genitive Onkels, plural Onkel or (colloquial) Onkels)

  1. uncle
    Synonym: (archaic) Oheim

Usage notes

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The most common plural is Onkel. The form Onkels is frequent in northern colloquial German and has become partly acceptable in standard usage (for example in prose, but not in elevated or official style).

Declension

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Danish: onkel
  • Latvian: onkulis

Further reading

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  • Onkel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Onkel” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • Onkel” in Duden online
  • Onkel on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de

Hunsrik

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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Onkel m (plural Onkel)

  1. uncle

Further reading

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Pennsylvania German

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Etymology

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Compare German Onkel, English uncle.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɔŋkəl/, [ˈɔŋkl̩]

Noun

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Onkel m (plural Onkel)

  1. uncle

Plautdietsch

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Noun

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Onkel m (plural Onkels)

  1. uncle

Saterland Frisian

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Etymology

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From Old Frisian onkel, from Proto-Germanic *ankulaz.

Noun

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Onkel m

  1. (anatomy) ankle