Kreisel

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kreisel.

Proper noun

Kreisel (plural Kreisels)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Kreisel is the 41038^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 531 individuals. Kreisel is most common among White (92.66%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kreisel”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 351.

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German

Etymology

Altered form of earlier Kräusel, Kreusel from Middle High German kriusel borrowed from Middle Low German krūsel from Proto-Germanic *krusl- (compare kraus). Synchronically derivable from Kreis + -el. Related to German curl and German krul.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʁaɪ̯zl̩/

• Audio:

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Noun

Kreisel m (strong, genitive Kreisels, plural Kreisel)

1. top (toy)
2. (informal) roundabout (chiefly Britain, New Zealand, Canada, Australia and sometimes US), traffic circle (US, Canada), rotary (New England (US))

   Synonym: Kreisverkehr

Declension

Declension of Kreisel [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Kreisel	die	Kreisel
genitive	eines	des	Kreisels	der	Kreisel
dative	einem	dem	Kreisel	den	Kreiseln
accusative	einen	den	Kreisel	die	Kreisel

Hyponyms

• Brummkreisel, Drehkreisel, Farbkreisel, Holzkreisel, Metallkreisel, Spielzeugkreisel, Verkehrskreisel

Derived terms

• kreiseln
• kreiselartig
• kreiselförmig

Related terms

• Kreiselegge, Kreiselkompass, Kreiselpumpe

Further reading

• “Kreisel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Kreisel” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Kreisel” in Duden online