Kessel

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See also: késsel and késsél

English

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 Kessel (surname) on Wikipedia

Alternative forms

Etymology

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Proper noun

Kessel (countable and uncountable, plural Kessels)

  1. (countable) A surname.
  2. A placename
    1. An unincorporated community in Hardy, West Virginia, United States

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Dutch

Etymology

Derived from Latin castellum (fortress) with early Germanisation (showing the effects of umlaut and with stress shifted to the first syllable). Doublet of kasteel, Castilië, chateau, castellum, telo, and ketella.

  • (Limburg): Attested with certainty as cassele in 1107.
  • (Noord-Brabant): Attested with certainty as casella in 997.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɛ.səl/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: Kes‧sel
  • Rhymes: -ɛsəl

Proper noun

Kessel n

  1. A town and former municipality of Limburg, Netherlands
  2. A former village and former municipality of Oss, North Brabant, Netherlands

Derived terms

References

  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “kessel”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

German

Etymology

From Middle High German kezzel, from Old High German kezzil, from Proto-West Germanic *katil (kettle).

Pronunciation

Noun

Kessel m (strong, genitive Kessels, plural Kessel, diminutive Kesselchen n)

  1. a solid metal container or pot, often large, used to boil liquids: a kettle, cauldron, boiler, etc.
  2. (military, hunting) an area in which the enemy (or game) is encircled; a pocket or besieged area (by extension also the siege itself)
    der Kessel von Stalingradthe encirclement at Stalingrad / the siege of Stalingrad
  3. (hunting) the lair of certain animals such as fox, badger, rabbit, and wild boar

Usage notes

  • The German word can be used of cooking pots, but only when they are unusually large (such as cauldrons used to sell soup at public festivals).
  • When referring to teakettles, the German word is restricted to metal ones heated on a cooker/stove. Electric kettles are called Wasserkocher or less often Teekocher.

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Derived terms

Further reading

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

Hunsrik

Pronunciation

Noun

Kessel m (plural Kessel or Kessle)

  1. kettle

Further reading

Limburgish

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Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Kessel.

Pronunciation

Proper noun

Kessel n (Veldeke spelling)

  1. A village and former municipality of Peel en Maas, Limburg, Netherlands.
    Holonym: Pieël en Maas

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German kezzil, from Proto-Germanic *katilaz. Cognate with German Kessel, Dutch ketel, English kettle, Icelandic ketill.

Pronunciation

Noun

Kessel m (plural Kesselen)

  1. kettle, cauldron

Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German Kessel, Dutch ketel, English kettle.

Noun

Kessel m (plural Kessle)

  1. kettle