Schaukel

See also: schaukel

German

Etymology

With -au- by artificial adaptation to standard German from Low German Schukel, a lengthened variant of Low German Schuckel (also early modern German Schuckel), deverbal from schuckeln, schockeln, iterative of Middle Low German and Middle High German schocken, from Proto-Germanic *skukkōną. Related with English shock.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃaʊ̯kəl/, [ˈʃaʊ̯kl̩]
  • (file)

Noun

Schaukel f (genitive Schaukel, plural Schaukeln)

  1. (narrow sense) swing (seat hanging on two lines)
  2. (broad sense) any swinging construction, including seesaws and similar devices

Declension

Further reading

  • Schaukel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • Schaukel” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • Schaukel” in Duden online
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