gaffel

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Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German gaffel, gaffele, from Old Saxon gafala, from Proto-West Germanic *gabulu (fork).

Pronunciation

Noun

gaffel c (singular definite gaflen or gaffelen, plural indefinite gafler)

  1. fork (eating utensil with prongs)

Inflection

Declension of gaffel
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gaffel gaflen
gaffelen
gafler gaflerne
genitive gaffels gaflens
gaffelens
gaflers gaflernes

Descendants

  • Faroese: gaffil
  • Icelandic: gaffall

Further reading

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch gaffele. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

Noun

gaffel f or m (plural gaffels, diminutive gaffeltje n)

  1. a two-pronged pitchfork or bident
  2. any two-pronged fork, such as a carving fork
  3. (hunting, anatomy) a two-pronged antler of a two-year-old stag
  4. (nautical) a gaff

Hypernyms

  • (two-pronged fork): vork

Derived terms

Descendants

Norwegian Bokmål

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Wikipedia no

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡafːəl/, /ɡafːl̩/

Noun

gaffel m (definite singular gaffelen, indefinite plural gafler, definite plural gaflene)

  1. a fork (a pronged tool)

Derived terms

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Wikipedia nn

Noun

gaffel m (definite singular gaffelen, indefinite plural gaflar, definite plural gaflane)

  1. a fork (pronged tool)

Derived terms

Swedish

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Wikipedia sv
en gaffel
en blå plastgaffel

Etymology

From Middle Low German gaffel, gaffele, from Old Saxon gavala, gafila, from Proto-West Germanic *gabulu, possibly from Celtic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡafːɛl/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

gaffel c

  1. fork; a pronged tool

Declension

Derived terms

See also

References

Welsh

Pronunciation

Verb

gaffel

  1. soft mutation of caffel

Mutation

Mutated forms of caffel
radical soft nasal aspirate
caffel gaffel nghaffel chaffel

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.