Weichsel

Danish

Proper noun

Weichsel

1. Vistula (The longest river in Poland and erewhile a river of Prussia, which flows into the Baltic Sea)

Synonyms

• Wisła
• Weichselfloden

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvaɪ̯ksəl/

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Etymology 1

16th century, from Middle Low German Wissel, from Proto-Slavic *Visъla. The form is probably due to analogy: as wissel(-bēre) is also the Low German form of the fruit in etymology 2 below, the river name was adapted to High German accordingly.

Proper noun

die Weichsel f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Weichsel)

1. Vistula (the longest river in Poland and erewhile a river of Prussia, which flows into the Baltic Sea)

Etymology 2

From Middle High German wīhsel, from Old High German wīhsila, from Proto-Germanic *wīhsilō.

Noun

Weichsel f (genitive Weichsel, plural Weichseln)

1. (now Bavaria, Austria, Switzerland) sour cherry (fruit of the sour cherry tree)

   Synonyms: (predominant) Sauerkirsche; Weichselkirsche

Declension

Declension of Weichsel [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Weichsel	die	Weichseln
genitive	einer	der	Weichsel	der	Weichseln
dative	einer	der	Weichsel	den	Weichseln
accusative	eine	die	Weichsel	die	Weichseln

Derived terms

• Steinweichsel

Further reading

• “Weichsel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache