Tafel
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See also: tafel
German
Etymology
From Middle High German tavel, tavele, from Old High German tavala, tabela, from Proto-West Germanic *tabulā.
Pronunciation
Noun
Tafel f (genitive Tafel, plural Tafeln, diminutive Täfelchen n or Täfelein n)
- panel, board (e.g., wooden panel)
- table (raised dinner table or elevated long table, e.g., one at a banquet)
- Synonyms: Abendtafel, Festtafel
- slab, tablet
- Synonym: Steintafel
- plaque
- blackboard, chalkboard
- Synonyms: Schultafel, Wandtafel, Kreidetafel
- plate, sheet (of metal)
- bar (e.g. of chocolate) (clipping of Schokoladentafel.)
- food bank
- sign, notice, board, bulletin board (clipping of Anschlagtafel.)
Declension
Declension of Tafel
Hyponyms
- Ahnentafel
- Anschlagtafel (“notice board”)
- Anzeigetafel
- Deckentafel
- Farbtafel (“color chart, color table”)
- Festtafel (“banquet table”)
- Gedenktafel (“commemorative plaque”)
- Hinweistafel (“signboard, information board”)
- Hochzeitstafel (“wedding table”)
- Holztafel (“wooden plaque, wooden board, wooden panel”)
- Inschrifttafel (“inscribed stone tablet”)
- Instrumententafel
- Kaffeetafel
- Kreidetafel (“chalkboard”)
- Mittagstafel (“table set for lunch”)
- Nummerntafel (“license plate”) (colloquial)
- Ortstafel
- Reklametafel (“billboard”)
- Schalttafel
- Schiefertafel
- Schokoladentafel (“chocolate bar”)
- Schreibtafel (“whiteboard, chalkboard”)
- Schultafel (“classroom chalkboard”)
- Speisetafel (“restaurant chalkboard”)
- Stecktafel (“plugboard, pegboard”)
- Steintafel (“stone tablet”)
- Völkertafel (“Table of Nations”) (Bible)
- Wandtafel
- Weißwandtafel (“whiteboard”)
- Werbetafel (“billboard”)
- Zeittafel (“chronology, timeline”)
Derived terms
- tafelartig
- tafelförmig
- tafeln (“to feast”)
- Getäfel (“paneling”)
- die Tafel aufheben
Related terms
Descendants
Further reading
- “Tafel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Tafel” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Tafel” in Duden online
Tafel on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de- “Tafel” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
