hengel

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• Rhymes: -ɛŋəl

From hangen +‎ -el, with umlaut; possibly influenced by angel (“stinger, hook”). It is uncertain if the plant name is etymologically identical. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

hengel m (plural hengels, diminutive hengeltje n)

1. fishing rod
2. common cow-wheat, Melampyrum pratense

• (obsolete) hangel

• hengelen
• hengelroede

• hengelaar

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

hengel

1. inflection of hengelen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. imperative

• hengel on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^nl

• engle, heengle, hengle, hengyl, hengylle, hingil, hingle

Borrowed from Middle Low German or Middle Dutch hengel; compare henge.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɛnɡəl/, /ˈhinɡəl/

hengel (plural hengeles)

1. hinge (device a door pivots on)

   Synonyms: gemow, henge, herre

2. (rare) A bar for a door.

• “hē̆ngel, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.