Riegel

IPA^(key): /ˈɹiːɡəl/

Riegel (plural Riegels)

1. A surname.
2. Riegel am Kaiserstuhl, a municipality in the district of Emmendingen in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.

• riegel

• Reigel, Reigle, Riegle, leiger, lieger, reigle

From Middle High German rigel, from Old High German rigil, of unclear derivation, either related to words like Reihe (Reige), Reck, regen, or borrowed from Latin rēgula. Cognate to Dutch richel, Vilamovian rejgel.

• IPA^(key): /ˈriːɡəl/, [ˈʁiː-], [ˈriː-], [-ɡl̩], [-ɡəl]

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Riegel m (strong, genitive Riegels, plural Riegel)

1. bolt; latch
2. short bar (e.g. of chocolate)

• abriegeln
• aufriegeln
• Fruchtriegel (“fruit bar”)
• Holzriegel (“wooden bolt, wooden bar”)
• Metallriegel (“metal latch”)
• riegelartig
• riegelförmig
• Sperrriegel (“locking latch, locking bolt”)
• Schokoladenriegel, Schokoriegel (“chocolate bar, candy bar”)
• Torriegel (“gate latch, gate bolt”)
• Türriegel (“door bolt”)
• verriegeln

• → English: riegel
• → Esperanto: rigli
• → Polish: rygiel

• “Riegel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Riegel” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Riegel” in Duden online
• Riegel on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Riegel” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.