Zügel

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Etymology

From Middle High German zügel, zugel, from Old High German zugil, from Proto-Germanic *tugilaz (“rein on a horse”),[1] whence also Old Norse tygill, Old English tygel, Dutch teugel. Ultimately derives from Proto-Indo-European *dewk-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡syːɡəl/
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  • Hyphenation: Zü‧gel

Noun

Zügel m (strong, genitive Zügels, plural Zügel)

  1. rein (used to control a horse)
  2. (figurative) restraint, control, check

Declension

Declension of Zügel
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Zügel die Zügel
genitive eines des Zügels der Zügel
dative einem dem Zügel den Zügeln
accusative einen den Zügel die Zügel

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Zügel”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN

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