Gewühl

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German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡəˈvyːl/
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Noun

Gewühl n (strong, genitive Gewühles or Gewühls, no plural)

  1. (collective) crowd (unordered crowd)
    • 1918, Elisabeth von Heyking, Die Orgelpfeifen, in: Zwei Erzählungen, Phillipp Reclam jun. Verlag, page 35:
      Auf dem Bahnhof dann, in dem sich senkenden Nebel, ein Gewühl von Pferden und grauen Gestalten, das zuerst unentwirrbar schien und sich dann doch rasch ordnete.
      On the station then, in the sinking fog, a crowd of horses and gray characters that initially looked inextricable, but then put itself in order swiftly after all.
  2. turmoil

Declension

Further reading

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