Hantel

See also: hantel

German

Etymology

19th century, from an infrequent Low German dialect word, which was spread (like several others) by Jahn. Pertaining to Hand (“hand”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhantəl/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Han‧tel

Noun

Hantel f (genitive Hantel, plural Hanteln)

1. dumbbell, barbell (weight with two disks attached to a bar)

Declension

Declension of Hantel [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Hantel	die	Hanteln
genitive	einer	der	Hantel	der	Hanteln
dative	einer	der	Hantel	den	Hanteln
accusative	eine	die	Hantel	die	Hanteln

Hyponyms

• Kurzhantel
• Langhantel

Related terms

• Hand
• hantieren

Descendants

• → Azerbaijani: hantel
• → Belarusian: гантэ́ль (hantélʹ)
• → Estonian: hantel
• → Georgian: ჰანტელი (hanṭeli)
• → Latvian: hantele
• → Polish: hantel
• → Russian: ганте́ль (gantélʹ)
• → Swedish: hantel
• → Ukrainian: ганте́ль (hantélʹ)

Further reading

• “Hantel” in Duden online
• “Hantel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Hantel” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon