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German
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈpoːpəl/
- Hyphenation: Po‧pel
Etymology 1
19th century. Said to be of Central German origin. Used for various misshapen or thickish objects.
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Noun
Popel m (strong, genitive Popels, plural Popel)
- booger, boogers, bogey (piece of solid or semisolid mucus in or removed from the nostril)
- hickey (printing defect caused by foreign matter on the printing surface)
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Etymology 2
From Middle Low German pōpel, from Latin populus (either directly or through Old French pueple). Doublet of Pöbel. In sense 1 perhaps influenced by etymology 1, but the relation remains unclear as long as the former’s origin is obscure.
Noun
Popel m (strong, genitive Popels, plural Popel)
- a pitiable or insignificant person (usually male)
- (dated) one of the common people, proletarian, member of the working (or lower middle) class
- (archaic) Alternative form of Pöbel (“plebs, mob”)
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