Bügeleisen

German

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbyːɡəlˌaɪ̯zən/, [ˈbyː.ɡl̩ˌʔaɪ̯.zn̩]

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• Hyphenation: Bü‧gel‧ei‧sen

Noun

Bügeleisen n (strong, genitive Bügeleisens, plural Bügeleisen)

1. iron (for ironing clothes)

   Synonym: (northern, now less common) Plätteisen

Declension

Declension of Bügeleisen [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Bügeleisen	die	Bügeleisen
genitive	eines	des	Bügeleisens	der	Bügeleisen
dative	einem	dem	Bügeleisen	den	Bügeleisen
accusative	ein	das	Bügeleisen	die	Bügeleisen

Derived terms

• bügeln (backformation)

Descendants

• → Romanian: piglais (Banat)

Further reading

• “Bügeleisen” in Duden online
• “Bügeleisen” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache