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Kringel
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German
Alternative forms
de Krengel
Etymology
de :inh gmh:kringel<ety:from<krinc<ety:inh<goh:*kring<ety:der<gem-pro:*kringaz>>>>>>
From de gmh kringel, diminutive of gmh krinc, from de goh *kring, from de gem-pro *kringaz, whence nl kring. Chiefly a Central German, i.e. northern, word, reinforced by de gml kringel.
Pronunciation
de /ˈkʁɪŋəl/
de De-Kringel.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
m
loop, curl, squiggle something roundish, especially a loop of writing or of something spiral-shaped
de cooking a biscuit of such shape
de informal a broadly looping or circular movement typically comparatively small
de Kringel drehen to move in circles
de einen Kringel drehen to do a little lap/loop around a location
Declension
m
Derived terms
de kringeln
de kringelig
Descendants
ru кре́ндель 1
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