Stachel
German
Etymology
From Middle High German stachel, from Late Old High German stahhil, from Old High German stakulla, from an extension of stechen with nominalizing suffix -ila.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃtaxl̩/, [ˈʃtaχl̩]
Audio (Germany): (file)
Noun
Stachel m (mixed, genitive Stachels, plural Stacheln)
- spike, sting, barb, prick
- Ein Kaktus hat keine Stacheln, sondern Dornen, während eine Rose keine Dornen, sondern Stacheln hat.
- (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Declension
Declension of Stachel [masculine, mixed]
Derived terms
Related terms
- Bienenstachel
- Giftstachel
- Hornissenstachel
- Metallstachel
- Rosenstachel
- Stachelbeere
- Stacheldraht
- Stachelhäuter
- Stachelrinne
- Stachelrochen
- Stachelschwein
- Stachelstock
- Wespenstachel
Further reading
- “Stachel” in Duden online
- “Stachel” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Stachel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Stachel” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- Friedrich Kluge (1883), “Stachel”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891
Hunsrik
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃtaxl̩/
Noun
Stachel m (plural Stachle)
Further reading
- Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Stachel”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 156