Tafel

See also: tafel

German

Etymology

From Middle High German tavel, tavele, from Old High German tavala, tabela, from Proto-West Germanic *tabulā.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtaːfl̩/
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Noun

Tafel f (genitive Tafel, plural Tafeln, diminutive Täfelchen n or Täfelein n)

  1. panel, board (e.g., wooden panel)
  2. table (raised dinner table or elevated long table, e.g., one at a banquet)
    Synonyms: Abendtafel, Festtafel
  3. slab, tablet
    Synonym: Steintafel
  4. plaque
  5. blackboard, chalkboard
    Synonyms: Schultafel, Wandtafel, Kreidetafel
  6. plate, sheet (of metal)
  7. bar (e.g. of chocolate) (clipping of Schokoladentafel.)
  8. food bank
  9. sign, notice, board, bulletin board (clipping of Anschlagtafel.)

Declension
Declension of Tafel [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Tafel die Tafeln
genitive einer der Tafel der Tafeln
dative einer der Tafel den Tafeln
accusative eine die Tafel die Tafeln

Hyponyms
  • Ahnentafel
  • Anschlagtafel (“notice board”)
  • Anzeigetafel
  • Deckentafel
  • Farbtafel (“color chart, color table”)
  • Festtafel (“banquet table”)
  • Gedenktafel (“commemorative plaque”)
  • Hinweistafel (“signboard, information board”)
  • Hochzeitstafel (“wedding table”)
  • Holztafel (“wooden plaque, wooden board, wooden panel”)
  • Inschrifttafel (“inscribed stone tablet”)
  • Instrumententafel
  • Kaffeetafel
  • Kreidetafel (“chalkboard”)
  • Mittagstafel (“table set for lunch”)
  • Nummerntafel (“license plate”) (colloquial)
  • Ortstafel
  • Reklametafel (“billboard”)
  • Schalttafel
  • Schiefertafel
  • Schokoladentafel (“chocolate bar”)
  • Schreibtafel (“whiteboard, chalkboard”)
  • Schultafel (“classroom chalkboard”)
  • Speisetafel (“restaurant chalkboard”)
  • Stecktafel (“plugboard, pegboard”)
  • Steintafel (“stone tablet”)
  • Völkertafel (“Table of Nations”) (Bible)
  • Wandtafel
  • Weißwandtafel (“whiteboard”)
  • Werbetafel (“billboard”)
  • Zeittafel (“chronology, timeline”)

Derived terms
  • tafelartig
  • tafelförmig
  • tafeln (“to feast”)
  • Getäfel (“paneling”)
  • die Tafel aufheben
  • Tafelberg, Tafeldecke, Tafelgast, Tafelrunde, Tafeltraube, Tafelwasser

Descendants
  • → Latvian: tāfele
  • → Swedish: tavla

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