Bügeleisen
Appearance
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Bügel (“bent piece of metal; bow, bail, handle”) + Eisen (“iron”). Now commonly reanalyzed as bügeln (“to iron”) + Eisen, but the verb is in fact a backformation.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Bügeleisen n (strong, genitive Bügeleisens, plural Bügeleisen)
- iron (for ironing clothes)
- Synonym: (northern, now less common) Plätteisen
Declension
[edit]Declension of Bügeleisen [neuter, strong]
Derived terms
[edit]- bügeln (backformation)
Descendants
[edit]- → Romanian: piglais (Banat)
Further reading
[edit]- “Bügeleisen” in Duden online
- “Bügeleisen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache