Ampel
German
Etymology
From Old High German ampula (“vessel”), from Latin ampulla (“two-handled vessel”). The sense development was vessel → hanging lamp (in or shaped like a vessel) → traffic light.
Pronunciation
Noun
Ampel f (genitive Ampel, plural Ampeln)
- traffic light
- (German politics) coalition consisting of the SPD, FDP, and the Green Party (derived from the colors red, yellow and green representing these parties)
- 2010, Der Spiegel, issue 22/2010, page 13:
- Alles ist möglich. Das ist bislang die Botschaft, die führende Sozialdemokraten in Berlin und in Düsseldorf verbreiten. Eine Ampel mit FDP und Grünen, eine Minderheitsregierung, Neuwahlen, […]
- Everything is possible. That is the message that is spread up to now by leading Social Democrats in Berlin and Düsseldorf. A "traffic light coalition" with the FDP and Green Party, a minority government, new elections, […]
- Alles ist möglich. Das ist bislang die Botschaft, die führende Sozialdemokraten in Berlin und in Düsseldorf verbreiten. Eine Ampel mit FDP und Grünen, eine Minderheitsregierung, Neuwahlen, […]
- 2010, Der Spiegel, issue 22/2010, page 13:
- lamp which hangs from the ceiling
- container (e.g. for a plant) which hangs from the ceiling
Declension
Derived terms
- Ampelanlage
- Ampelfrau
- Ampelmännchen
- Ampelkoalition
- Ampelkreuzung
- Ampelsignal
- Fußgängerampel
- Verkehrsampel
Related terms
Further reading
- “Ampel” in Duden online
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