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Schaukel
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schaukel
German
Etymology
With -au- by artificial adaptation to standard German from de nds Schukel, a lengthened variant of nds Schuckel (also early modern de Schuckel), deverbal from de schuckeln, de schockeln, iterative of de gml - and de gmh schocken,Schaukel from de gmw-pro *skokkōn. Related with en shock.
Pronunciation
de /ˈʃaʊ̯kəl/ [ˈʃaʊ̯kl̩]
de De-Schaukel.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
Noun
f
de narrow sense swing seat hanging on two lines
de broad sense any swinging construction, including seesaws and similar devices
Declension
f
Related terms
de schaukeln
de schunkeln
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