Keule
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See also: keule
German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle High German kiule, kūle, from Old High German *kiulia, *kūla, from Proto-West Germanic *kiulijā, *kūlā, from Proto-Germanic *kiulijǭ, *kūlǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *gewl- (“vessel; club”), from *gew- (“to bend, arch”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Keule f (genitive Keule, plural Keulen)
- club (weapon or for juggling)
- pestle
- leg (of animal, eaten as meat)
- Synonym: Schlägel
- (colloquial, regional) brother, thus dude, mate
- 2000, “Da Draussen”, in Fettes Brot für die Welt, performed by Fettes Brot:
- Also Keule denk nach über einen Neuanfang / Weil selbst erfrorene Ohren Feuer fangen bei unserem Schleudergang
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension[edit]
Declension of Keule [feminine]
Hyponyms[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “Keule” in Duden online
- “Keule” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Keule”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
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