Henkel

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Henkel.

Proper noun

Henkel (plural Henkels)

A surname from German.

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Henkel is the 6595^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5135 individuals. Henkel is most common among White (95.29%) individuals.

Further reading

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Henkel”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 163.

German

Etymology

From the verb henken.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈhɛŋkl̩/
Audio (file)

Noun

Henkel m (strong, genitive Henkels, plural Henkel)

handle

Declension

Declension of Henkel [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Henkel	die	Henkel
genitive	eines	des	Henkels	der	Henkel
dative	einem	dem	Henkel	den	Henkeln
accusative	einen	den	Henkel	die	Henkel

Derived terms

gehenkelt

Further reading

“Henkel” in Duden online
“Henkel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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