Ampel

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German ampel, ampolle, ampulle, from Old High German ampla, ampulla (vessel), from Proto-West Germanic *ampullā (flask, cruse). The sense development was vesselhanging lamp (in or shaped like a vessel)traffic light.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔampl̩/, /ˈʔampəl/
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Noun

Ampel f (genitive Ampel, plural Ampeln)

  1. traffic light
  2. (German politics, informal) Ellipsis of Ampelkoalition.
    • 2010, Der Spiegel, number 22/2010, page 13:
      Alles ist möglich. Das ist bislang die Botschaft, die führende Sozialdemokraten in Berlin und in Düsseldorf verbreiten. Eine Ampel mit FDP und Grünen, eine Minderheitsregierung, Neuwahlen, []
      Everything is possible. That is the message that is spread up to now by leading Social Democrats in Berlin and Düsseldorf. A "traffic light coalition" with the FDP and Green Party, a minority government, new elections,
    • 2021 December 8, Gareth Joswig, “Innenausschuss-Vorsitz geht an AfD: Schlecht gewählt”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz, →ISSN:
      Die Ampel hat es vergeigt: Die Fraktionen von SPD, Grünen und FDP im Bundestag hätten verhindern können, dass die AfD den Vorsitzenden des Innenausschusses stellt.
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  3. ceiling lamp (lamp which hangs from the ceiling)
  4. container (e.g. for a plant) which hangs from the ceiling

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Descendants

  • Swedish: ampel

Further reading

  • Ampel” in Duden online
  • Ampel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache