Bügel

See also: bügel and bugel

German

Etymology

From Middle High German *bügel (attested as bügele f, later bogell m [15th c.]), from Proto-Germanic *bugilaz, from the root of *beuganą (“to bend, bow”).^[1]^[2] Cognate with Dutch beugel, Middle Low German bȫgel (earlier already Old Saxon armbugil), Old Norse bygill (whence Danish bøjle etc.).

It seems that the word was originally northern (Low and Central German) and established itself more widely only during the 16th century. The Schweizerisches Idiotikon still considers it “not truly autochthonous” (nicht recht volksmäßig).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbyːɡəl/, [ˈbyː.ɡl̩]
Audio (Germany (Berlin)): (file)
Hyphenation: Bü‧gel

Noun

Bügel m (strong, genitive Bügels, plural Bügel, diminutive Bügelchen n)

a bent or curved piece of metal (or less often other material), a bail, bow, ring, specifically
1. a handle such as that of a bucket
2. an arm of glasses
3. ellipsis of Kleiderbügel: clothes hanger
4. ellipsis of Steigbügel: stirrup

Declension

Declension of *Bügel* [masculine, strong]
	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Bügel	die	Bügel
genitive	eines	des	Bügels	der	Bügel
dative	einem	dem	Bügel	den	Bügeln
accusative	einen	den	Bügel	die	Bügel

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

→ Serbo-Croatian: пегла

References

^ Philippa, Marlies; Debrabandere, Frans; Quak, Arend; Schoonheim, Tanneke; van der Sijs, Nicoline (2003–2009), “beugel”, in Etymologisch woordenboek van het Nederlands‎^[1] (in Dutch), Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press
^ Wolfgang Pfeifer, editor (1993), “Bügel”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen (in German), 2nd edition, Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, →ISBN