spatel

See also: şpatel

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Spatel (“painting knife, spatula”), from Latin spatula, diminutive of Latin spatha (“spattle, shovel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈsbæˀdəl]

Noun

spatel c (singular definite spatlen or spatelen, plural indefinite spatler)

1. spatula
2. filling knife/stopping knife
3. scraper
4. putty knife

Inflection

Declension of spatel

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	spatel	spatlen spatelen	spatler	spatlerne
genitive	spatels	spatlens spatelens	spatlers	spatlernes

References

• “spatel” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “spatel” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin spatula (“a flat piece”), which is a diminutive of the Latin spatha (“broad or flat tool”), itself coming from the Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē, “a broad wood or metal blade”).

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aːtəl

Noun

spatel m or f (plural spatels, diminutive spateltje)

1. spatula

Swedish

en spatel (sense 1)

en (tung)spatel (sense 2)

Noun

spatel c

2. (chemistry) a spatula
4. a tongue depressor, (UK) a spatula

   Synonym: tungspatel

Declension

Declension of spatel

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	spatel	spatels
	definite	spateln	spatelns
plural	indefinite	spatlar	spatlars
	definite	spatlarna	spatlarnas

See also

• palettkniv (“palette knife”)
• spackel (“putty knife”)

References

• spatel in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• spatel in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• spatel in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)