Händel
German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈhɛndl̩/
Etymology 1
Considered to be the plural of Handel m
Noun
Händel pl (plural only)
- (obsolete) fighting, quarrelling
- Er sucht Händel. ― He wants to pick a fight.
- 1788, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Egmont, act 2 scene 1:
- Um eine Kanne Bier bezahlt zu kriegen, fangen sie Händel an, die viel tausend Menschen unglücklich machen.
- To be paid one jug of beer, they start quarrels, which will bring misfortune to thousands of people.
- 1801, Friedrich Schiller, Maria Stuart, act 4 scene 4:
- Was unterfangt Ihr Euch, / In Euren blut'gen Frevel mich zu flechten? / Verteidigt Eure bösen Händel selbst!
- Do you venture / to get me involved with your bloody atrocity? / Defend your evil quarrel on your own!
- 1808, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, “Vor dem Tor”, in Faust: Der Tragödie erster Teil [Faust, Part One]:
- Nach Burgdorf kommt herauf, gewiß dort findet ihr / Die schönsten Mädchen und das beste Bier, / Und Händel von der ersten Sorte.
- Come up to Burgdorf, there you'll surely find / the fairest maidens and best of beers / and brawling of the foremost kind.
Declension
Proper noun
Händel m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Händels or (with an article) Händel, feminine genitive Händel, plural Händels or Händel)
- a surname transferred from the given name derived from a pet form of Hans, from Johannes (“John”)
- (music) more specifically George Frideric Handel born Georg Friederich Händel (1685-1759), German-British composer
Further reading
- “Händel” in Duden online
- “Händel” in Duden online
- “Handel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Händel” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
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