pökeln

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German

Etymology

From Pökel m (brine) +‎ -en, from Middle Low German pekel f (brine). Ultimately perhaps from Latin *picco (to sting). Compare English pickle.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpøːkəln/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: pö‧keln

Verb

pökeln (weak, third-person singular present pökelt, past tense pökelte, past participle gepökelt, auxiliary haben)

  1. (transitive) to brine (to preserve food (especially meat) in a salt solution)

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Descendants

  • Polish: peklować

References

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1995) “pökeln”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 23rd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 639

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