Speiche

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German speiche, Old High German speihha. Cognate with Old Norse spik (spike, sprig), Old Saxon spēca (spoke), Old English spāce, Dutch speek, English spoke.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -aɪ̯çə

Noun

Speiche f (genitive Speiche, plural Speichen)

  1. spoke
  2. (anatomy) radius

Declension

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References

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

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