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Köttel
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German
Etymology
From de gml kötel. Also a Low and Central Franconian word. Cognate with nl keutel. Unrelated to German de Kot feces; instead, probably derived from the noun at hand in nl koot little bone, thus originally “something hard”. Compare de Köte the heelbone of a horse; fetlock.
Pronunciation
de /ˈkœtəl/
de De-Köttel.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
m
de regional a small piece of hard (chiefly animal) feces
Usage notes
The word is now well attestable in edited prose, but may not be familiar to all speakers outside of northern and western Germany.
Declension
m
Derived terms
de Hasenköttel
de Mäuseköttel