Quirl

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German

Etymology

From Late Middle High German quirl, quirel, alteration of earlier Middle High German twirl, twirel, from Old High German dwiril, from Proto-West Germanic *þwiril, from Proto-Germanic *þwirilaz, related to *þweraną (“to stir”).[1]

Cognate to English twirl;[2] also compare English quirl, curl, Middle Low German twirl, twirel, Old High German dweran.

Pronunciation

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Noun

Quirl m (strong, genitive Quirles or Quirls, plural Quirle)

  1. (cooking) beater
  2. whorl

Declension

Declension of Quirl
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Quirl die Quirle
genitive eines des Quirles, Quirls der Quirle
dative einem dem Quirl, Quirle1 den Quirlen
accusative einen den Quirl die Quirle

1Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “Quirl” in Duden online
  1. ^ Guus Kroonen (2013) Alexander Lubotsky, editor, Etymological Dictionary of Proto-Germanic (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 11)‎, Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, p. 555
  2. ^ “Germanic cognates”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎, 2017 March 18 (last accessed), archived from the original on 5 January 2021
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