Onkel

See also: onkel

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French oncle.

Pronunciation

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

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Noun

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

1. uncle

   Synonym: (archaic) Oheim

Usage notes

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

Declension of Onkel [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Onkel	die	Onkels, Onkel
genitive	eines	des	Onkels	der	Onkels, Onkel
dative	einem	dem	Onkel	den	Onkels, Onkeln
accusative	einen	den	Onkel	die	Onkels, Onkel

Derived terms

• Erbonkel
• Großonkel
• onkelhaft

Descendants

• → Danish: onkel
• → Latvian: onkulis

Further reading

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

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Hunsrik

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔŋkl̩/

Noun

Onkel m (plural Onkel)

1. uncle

Further reading

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

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Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German Onkel, English uncle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔŋkəl/, [ˈɔŋkl̩]

Noun

Onkel m (plural Onkel)

1. uncle

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Plautdietsch

Noun

Onkel m (plural Onkels)

1. uncle

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Saterland Frisian

Etymology

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

Noun

Onkel m

1. (anatomy) ankle