Fessel

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German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle High German vezzel, Old High German fezzil (“band for fastening and holding the sword”), from Proto-Germanic *fatilaz, from the root of *fatōną. Cognate with Old Norse fetill (“band, bandage, sword-belt”), Old English fetel (“sword-belt”).[1]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈfɛsl̩/
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Noun[edit]

Fessel f (genitive Fessel, plural Fesseln)

  1. fetter, shackle
  2. pastern

Declension[edit]

Declension of Fessel [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Fessel die Fesseln
genitive einer der Fessel der Fesseln
dative einer der Fessel den Fesseln
accusative eine die Fessel die Fesseln

References[edit]

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Fessel”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Further reading[edit]

  • “Fessel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
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