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Kehle

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German kële, from Old High German kela, from Proto-West Germanic *kelā, from Proto-Germanic *kelǭ. Compare English jowl (loose flesh around the cheeks and lower jaw).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkeːlə/
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  • Hyphenation: Keh‧le
  • Rhymes: -eːlə

Noun

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Kehle f (genitive Kehle, plural Kehlen, diminutive Kehlchen n or Kehllein n)

  1. throat (front of the neck)
    Synonyms: (informal) Gurgel, (interior only) Rachen, Schlund
    Der Husten kam tief aus der Kehle.
    The cough came from deep down the throat.
    Die kamen auf mich zu und wollten mir an die Kehle.
    They came at me and wanted to beat me up.
    (literally, “...wanted [to get] at my throat.”)
    • 1919, Walther Kabel, Irrende Seelen, Werner Dietsch Verlag, page 87:
      Die Kehle war mir wie ausgetrocknet. Ich konnte die Worte nur noch mühsam hervorquälen.
      My throat felt like it had dried-up. I could only painstakingly force the words out.
  2. (engineering) fillet

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Pennsylvania German

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Noun

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Kehle

  1. plural of Kehl