pollepel

Dutch

Etymology

First attested in 1348. Etymology unclear. Commonly suggested to be derived from potlepel (pot (pot) + lepel (spoon)), but this form of the word is not attested, and assimilation from -tl- to -ll- is uncommon. When viewed as pol + lepel, pol may refer to a round, hollow object.

The word probably used to refer to a large wooden spoon with a round bowl. In the Netherlands, the meaning of "wooden spoon" was kept, while in Belgium, the meaning of "spoon with a round bowl" was kept.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: pol‧le‧pel

Noun

pollepel m (plural pollepels, diminutive pollepeltje n)

  1. (Netherlands) wooden spoon, a rather shallow spoon used to stir food while cooking
  2. (Belgium) ladle, a large deep spoon used to serve soup and other food

Synonyms

References

  1. van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “pollepel”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
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