Vogel

(crater): Named after German astrophysicist Hermann Carl Vogel (1841–1907).

Vogel (plural Vogels)

1. A surname.
2. A lunar crater.

• glove, vogle, volge

• Fogel

From Old High German fogal, from Proto-Germanic *fuglaz. Cognate with German Vogel, Dutch vogel, English fowl, Icelandic fugl.

Vogel m (plural Vögel, diminutive Vögeli)

1. bird
   • 1908, Meinrad Lienert, ’s Heiwili:

     Si suecht und suecht i Stall und Hus –
     Das Vögeli ist uf und drus.

     She searches and searches in stable and house – the little bird is up and gone.

Vogel

1. a surname

From Old High German fogal, from Proto-Germanic *fuglaz; possibly related to *fleuganą (“to fly”) through dissimilation from earlier *fluglaz. Cognate with Low German Vagel, Dutch vogel, English fowl, Danish fugl, Swedish fågel.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfoːɡəl/, [ˈfoːɡəl], [ˈfoːɡl̩]

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• Hyphenation: Vo‧gel

Vogel m (strong, genitive Vogels, plural Vögel, diminutive Vögelchen n or Vöglein n or Vögelein n or Vögellein n)

1. a bird
2. (colloquial, slang) an idiot, a clown (dimwitted or ridiculous person)

   Was für ’n Vogel bist du denn? ― How dumb are you?

   Junge, du bist so ein Vogel! ― Dude, you are such an idiot!

3. (military, slang) a kite (an aeroplane or any aircraft)

   Lasst uns den Vogel in die Luft bringen. ― Let's take off with this kite.

Vogel m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Vogels or (with an article) Vogel, feminine genitive Vogel, plural Vogels or Vogel)

1. a common surname transferred from the nickname originating as a nickname, or as an occupational name for a catcher of birds

• “Vogel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Vogel”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
• “Vogel” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• “Vogel” in Duden online
• “Vogel” in OpenThesaurus.de
• “Vogel” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• Vogel on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

• vogel, voagel (Veldeke spelling)
• Voëgel (Eupen spelling)

• IPA^(key): /ˈvoː˨.ɣəl/
• (East Limburgish-Ripuarian) IPA^(key): /ˈvɔə̯˨.ɣəl/
• Rhymes: -oːɣəl, -ɔə̯ɣəl

Vogel m (plural Vögel, diminutive Vögelke) (German-based spelling)

1. Alternative form of Vugel

Unadapted borrowing from German Vogel. Doublet of Fogel and Fogiel.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɔ.ɡɛl/
• Rhymes: -ɔɡɛl
• Syllabification: Vo‧gel
• Homophone: Fogel

Vogel m pers

1. a male surname from German

Vogel f (indeclinable)

1. a female surname from German

• “Vogel”, in Internetowy słownik nazwisk w Polsce [Internet dictionary of surnames in Poland], 2022