Wickel

German

Etymology

From Middle High German wickel, wickelin, from Old High German wickilī, wickilīn, diminutive of Old High German wiohha, from Proto-West Germanic *weukā (“flax bundle, wick”), from Proto-Indo-European *weg- (“to weave”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈvɪkəl/, [ˈvɪ.kl̩], [ˈʋɪ-], [-kəl]
  • Hyphenation: Wi‧ckel
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Noun

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

  1. (medicine) poultice, cataplasm, compress
  2. (colloquial, Austria) quarrel, dispute

Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

Further reading
  • “Wickel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Wickel” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “Wickel” in Duden online
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