Zügel
See also: zügel
German
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editNomen
editZügel m (strong, genitive Zügels, plural Zügel)
- rein (used to control a horse)
- (figurative) restraint, control, check
Declension
editDeclension of Zügel [masculine, strong]
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- ^ 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
Further reading
edit- “Zügel” in Duden online
- “Zügel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Zügel”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
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