Kunkel

English

Proper noun

Kunkel (plural Kunkels)

1. A surname.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Kunkel is the 3736^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 9488 individuals. Kunkel is most common among White (95.73%) individuals.

Anagrams

• Kunkle

German

Etymology

From Middle High German kunkel, from Medieval Latin conucla, conucula, colucula, corrupted from Latin colus (“distaff”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʊŋkəl/

Noun

Kunkel f (genitive Kunkel, plural Kunkeln)

1. (regional) distaff

   Synonyms: Rocken, Spinnrocken, Wocken

Declension

Declension of Kunkel [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Kunkel	die	Kunkeln
genitive	einer	der	Kunkel	der	Kunkeln
dative	einer	der	Kunkel	den	Kunkeln
accusative	eine	die	Kunkel	die	Kunkeln

Related terms

• kungeln

Proper noun

Kunkel m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Kunkels or (with an article) Kunkel, feminine genitive Kunkel, plural Kunkels or Kunkel)

1. a surname

Declension

Declension of Kunkel [sg-only, neuter, toponym]

	singular
	def.	noun
nominative	das	Kunkel
genitive	des	Kunkels, Kunkel1
dative	dem	Kunkel
accusative	das	Kunkel

¹Optionally with an article.

References

• “Kunkel” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• “Kunkel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Kunkel” in Duden online
• Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Kunkel”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 419