Sprengel
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German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle High German and Middle Low German sprengel (“aspergillum; sprinkling brush; something which can be used to squirt or spray a fluid”), thus related to sprengen (“to squirt, to sprinkle”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Sprengel m (strong, genitive Sprengels, plural Sprengel)
- aspergillum
- Synonyms: Weihwassersprengel, Aspergill
- parish, diocese
- (obsolete outside Austria) administrative district
Declension[edit]
Declension of Sprengel [masculine, strong]
Hypernyms[edit]
administration
Hyponyms[edit]
administration
Further reading[edit]
- “Sprengel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Sprengel” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “Sprengel” in Duden online
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