Kanal

See also: kanal, kanál, Kanäl, kanał, and k'anal

German

Alternative forms

• Canal (obsolete)

Etymology

15th century, from Italian canale, from Latin canalis. The broadcasting sense is a semantic loan from English channel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈnaːl/
• Rhymes: -aːl
• Hyphenation: Ka‧nal

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Kanal m (strong, genitive Kanales or Kanals, plural Kanäle, diminutive Kanälchen n)

1. canal (man-made watercourse)
2. something that resembles such a watercourse, e.g. a vessel in the body
3. channel (networks through which pass information, influence, etc.)
4. (broadcasting, communication) channel

Declension

Declension of Kanal [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Kanal	die	Kanäle
genitive	eines	des	Kanales, Kanals	der	Kanäle
dative	einem	dem	Kanal, Kanale1	den	Kanälen
accusative	einen	den	Kanal	die	Kanäle

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• Kanaldeckel
• Kanalreinigung
• Abwasserkanal
• Hauptkanal
• Seitenkanal

Further reading

• “Kanal” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Kanal” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Kanal” in Duden online
• Kanal on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Italian canale

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k(ʰ)aˈnal/

Noun

Kanal m (plural Kanale)

1. channel

Further reading

• Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Kanal”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Italian canale.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɑˈnaːl/

Noun

Kanal m (plural Kanäl)

1. canal
2. channel