Köttel

German

Etymology

From Middle Low German kötel. Also a Low and Central Franconian word. Cognate with Dutch keutel. Unrelated to German Kot (“feces”); instead, probably derived from the noun at hand in Dutch koot (“little bone”), thus originally “something hard”. Compare German Köte (“the heelbone of a horse; fetlock”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkœtəl/

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Noun

Köttel m (strong, genitive Köttels, plural Köttel)

1. (regional) a small piece of hard (chiefly animal) feces

Usage notes

• The word is now well attestable in edited prose, but may not be familiar to all speakers outside of northern and western Germany.

Declension

Declension of Köttel [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Köttel	die	Köttel
genitive	eines	des	Köttels	der	Köttel
dative	einem	dem	Köttel	den	Kötteln
accusative	einen	den	Köttel	die	Köttel

Derived terms

• Hasenköttel
• Mäuseköttel