Weichsel

Danish

Proper noun

Weichsel

1. (geography) Vistula (The longest river in Poland)

Synonyms

• Wisła
• Weichselfloden

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German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvaɪ̯ksəl/

Etymology 1

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Proper noun

Weichsel f (genitive Weichsel)

1. Vistula (a river, now entirely in Poland, formerly partly in German Prussia)

Etymology 2

From Middle High German wīhsel, from Old High German wīhsila, from Proto-Germanic *wīhsilō, from Proto-Indo-European *weyḱs- (“mistletoe”). Cognate with Russian ви́шня (víšnja, “sour cherry”), Ancient Greek ἰξός (ixós, “mistletoe, birdline”), and Latin viscum (“birdlime”).

Noun

Weichsel f (genitive Weichsel, plural Weichseln)

1. (as a simplex archaic or dialectal, Bavaria, Austria, Switzerland) sour cherry (fruit of the sour cherry tree)

Synonyms

• Sauerkirsche (predominant)
• Weichselkirsche