Schneckn
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Bavarian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- Schneck (West Central Bavarian, South Central Bavarian)
Etymology[edit]
From Middle High German snëcke, from Old High German sneggo, snecco, from Proto-Germanic *sneggô.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Schneckn f (plural Schneckn, diminutive Schneckerl) (East Central Bavarian, Carinthia, Tyrol, Vienna)
- (zoology) snail, slug
- the cochlea in the inner ear
- a screw or worm thread
- (lutherie) scroll (the carved wooden spiral at the end of a stringed instrument's fingerboard)
- pastry in the form of a snail
- (heraldry, rare) a stylized charge consisting of a tapering spiral inward from the edge to the centre of the shield, somewhat resembling the spiral on a snail's shell or a gurges
- (figuratively) An exclamation of disappointment when something expected has not eventuated
Noun[edit]
Schneckn
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