Pinöpel

German thumb|upright=0.77|Der obere Knopf hat in der Mitte einen Pinöpel, der in dem andern Knopf einrastet. — The button above has in its middle a stud, which snaps into the other button. Alternative forms de Pinöppel Pinökel Pinöckel Etymology From de nds Pinöpel, from de gml pinappel, gml pināpel, gml pinākel roundish ornament at the top of a steeple, itself borrowed from de la pinnāculum. Cognate with en pinnacle. The form gml pinappel is a phono-semantic matching as gml pinne pin + gml appel apple, at least regionally also conflated with gml pînappel pinecone.Pinnappel in Westfälisches Wörterbuch at de Wörterbuchnetz.42617 pijnappel The form gml pināpel is either an intermediate step in this development or a later compromise with the original form. The modern umlaut vowel is perhaps best explained as a backformation from the diminutive (nds Pinöpelken with /œː/ regularly derived from nds Pinapel with /ɔː/). Pronunciation de /piˈnøːpəl/ de De-Pinöpel.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Noun m chen de colloquial northern and central Germany a protrusion or stud of any kind, especially one designed for some function (in devices, fasteners, packaging, etc.) de Nippel de 2017 11 https://books.google.com/books?id=Tv93DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT258&dq=%22Pin%C3%B6pel%22&hl=&cd=2&source=gbs_api#v=onepage&q=%22Pin%C3%B6pel%22&f=false Oliver Schlick Wächter der Meere, Hüter des Lichts Ueberreuter Verlag 9783764191986 Eilean und Ole stehen vor dem Kleiderschrank in Flints Keller und beobachten ungeduldig, wie Helios Ehrenfeld die Rückwand des Schrankes abtastet. »Hier war doch irjendswo so ein Pinöpel jewesen«, murmelt er. »Ah, hier!« Declension m Related terms de Pin, de Pinne References de Regional German