Weichsel
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Danish
Proper noun
Weichsel
- Vistula (The longest river in Poland and erewhile a river of Prussia, which flows into the Baltic Sea)
Synonyms
German
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
16th century, from Middle Low German Wissel, from Proto-Slavic *Visъla. The form is probably due to analogy: as wissel(-bēre) is also the Low German form of the fruit in etymology 2 below, the river name was adapted to High German accordingly.
Proper noun
die Weichsel f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Weichsel)
- Vistula (the longest river in Poland and erewhile a river of Prussia, which flows into the Baltic Sea)
Etymology 2
From Middle High German wīhsel, from Old High German wīhsila, from Proto-Germanic *wīhsilō.
Noun
Weichsel f (genitive Weichsel, plural Weichseln)
- (now Bavaria, Austria, Switzerland) sour cherry (fruit of the sour cherry tree)
- Synonyms: (predominant) Sauerkirsche; Weichselkirsche
Declension
Declension of Weichsel
Derived terms
Further reading
- “Weichsel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache