gaffel
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Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Low German gaffel, gaffele, from Old Saxon gafala, from Proto-West Germanic *gabulu (“fork”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]gaffel c (singular definite gaflen or gaffelen, plural indefinite gafler)
- fork (eating utensil with prongs)
Inflection
[edit]Declension of gaffel
Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- gaffel on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
- Gaffel (bestik) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Dutch gaffele. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]gaffel f or m (plural gaffels, diminutive gaffeltje n)
- a two-pronged pitchfork or bident
- any two-pronged fork, such as a carving fork
- (hunting, anatomy) a two-pronged antler of a two-year-old stag
- (nautical) a gaff
Hypernyms
[edit]- (two-pronged fork): vork
Derived terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Afrikaans: gaffel
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]gaffel m (definite singular gaffelen, indefinite plural gafler, definite plural gaflene)
- a fork (a pronged tool)
Derived terms
[edit]Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Noun
[edit]gaffel m (definite singular gaffelen, indefinite plural gaflar, definite plural gaflane)
- a fork (pronged tool)
Derived terms
[edit]Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle Low German gaffel, gaffele, from Old Saxon gavala, gafila, from Proto-West Germanic *gabulu, possibly from Celtic.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]gaffel c
- fork; a pronged tool
Declension
[edit]nominative | genitive | ||
---|---|---|---|
singular | indefinite | gaffel | gaffels |
definite | gaffeln | gaffelns | |
plural | indefinite | gafflar | gafflars |
definite | gafflarna | gafflarnas |
Derived terms
[edit]See also
[edit]References
[edit]- gaffel in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- gaffel in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- gaffel in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- gaffel in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
Welsh
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]gaffel
- Soft mutation of caffel.
Mutation
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