Kanzel

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German kanzel, Old High German cancella (“the place set apart for the priests”); derived from Late Latin cancellus (“grating”). Cognate with English chancel.[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

Kanzel f (genitive Kanzel, plural Kanzeln)

  1. pulpit; raised, enclosed platform in a church from which a preacher preaches
  2. (aviation) cockpit
  3. (archaic) pulpit, raised desk or stand of a teacher
  4. small, raised, enclosed observation post for a hunter, a police officer observing an intersection, etc

Declension

Declension of Kanzel
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Kanzel die Kanzeln
genitive einer der Kanzel der Kanzeln
dative einer der Kanzel den Kanzeln
accusative eine die Kanzel die Kanzeln

Descendants

  • → Dutch: kansel
    • Afrikaans: kansel
    • → West Frisian: kânsel
  • → Estonian: kantsel
  • → Latvian: kancele

References

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Kanzel”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
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