Kessel

késsel késsél English + (surname) Alternative forms surname en Kessell Etymology en Proper noun ~ en countable en. A placename en unincorporated community co/Hardy s/West Virginia c/USA. See also en Castle Dutch Etymology Derived from nl la castellum fortress with early Germanisation (showing the effects of umlaut and with stress shifted to the first syllable). nl kasteel Castilië chateau castellum telo ketella. Limburg Attested with certainty as cassele in 1107. Noord-Brabant Attested with certainty as casella in 997. Pronunciation nl /ˈkɛ.səl/ nl Nl-Kessel.ogg nl Kes sel nl ɛsəl 2 Proper noun n nl town/and/former municipality p/Limburg c/Netherlands nl former village/and/former municipality mun/Oss p/North Brabant c/Netherlands Derived terms nl Kesselaar nl Kessels nl Kessel-Eik nl Maren-Kessel nl Alem, Maren en Kessel References kessel German de: Etymology de :inh gmh:keȥȥel From de gmh keȥȥel, from de goh keȥȥil, from de gmw-pro *katil kettle. Pronunciation de /ˈkɛsəl/ de De-Kessel.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Noun m chen a solid metal container or pot, often large, used to boil liquids: a kettle, cauldron, boiler, etc. de military hunting an area in which the enemy (or game) is encircled; a pocket or besieged area (by extension also the siege itself) de der Kessel von Stalingrad the encirclement at Stalingrad / the siege of Stalingrad de informal law enforcement de Polizeikessel: kettling, a police tactic to surround and contain demonstrators de Benno Stieber Polizeikessel bei 1.Mai-Demo: Stuttgart spielt Kreuzberg Die Tageszeitung: taz 2024-05-02 https://taz.de/Polizeikessel-bei-1Mai-Demo/!6008206/ 0931-9085 Der Stuttgarter Kessel am Mittwoch kam schließlich zu einem einigermaßen friedlichen Ende. Eine Spontankundgebung gegen den Polizeieinsatz konnte auf der Königstraße stattfinden und verlief weitgehend gewaltfrei. The kettling in Stuttgart eventually came to a reasonably peaceful ending on Wednesday. A spontaneous demonstration against the police operation was able to take place in Königstraße (King Street) and was largely non-violent. https://web.archive.org/web/20260415073931/https://taz.de/Polizeikessel-bei-1Mai-Demo/!6008206/ 15 April 2026 de hunting the lair of certain animals such as fox, badger, rabbit, and wild boar Usage notes The German word can be used of cooking pots, but only when they are unusually large (such as cauldrons used to sell soup at public festivals). When referring to teakettles, the German word is restricted to metal ones heated on a cooker/stove. Electric kettles are called de Wasserkocher or less often de Teekocher. Declension m Derived terms de kesseln de einkesseln de kesselförmig de compound nouns Braukessel Dampfkessel Druckkessel Gaskessel Heizkessel Kupferkessel Polizeikessel Stahlkessel Teekessel Wasserkessel Kesselboden Kesseldruck Kesselhaus Kesselschlacht Kesselstein Kesselwagen Further reading de Cookware and bakeware Hunsrik Etymology hrx :inh gmh:keȥȥel ++ 1 Pronunciation hrx /ˈkʰesl̩/ Noun m Kessel Kessle kettle Further reading Limburgish li: Etymology li :bor nl:Kessel li nl Kessel. Pronunciation li /ˈkæ.səl/ Proper noun li proper noun n li Veldeke li village/and/former municipality mun/Peel en Maas p/Limburg c/Netherlands li Pieël en Maas Luxembourgish Etymology lb :inh gmh:keȥȥel From lb gmh keȥȥel. Cognate with de Kessel, nl ketel, en kettle, is ketill. Pronunciation lb /ˈkæsəl/ Noun m kettle, cauldron Pennsylvania German Etymology pdc :inh gmh:keȥȥel From pdc gmh keȥȥel. Noun pdc noun m plural Kessle kettle pdc Food and drink containers