Pohl

Czech

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpoɦl̩]

Proper noun

Pohl m anim (female equivalent Pohlová)

1. a male surname

Declension

Declension of Pohl (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	Pohl	Pohlové
genitive	Pohla	Pohlů
dative	Pohlovi	Pohlům
accusative	Pohla	Pohly
vocative	Pohle	Pohlové
locative	Pohlovi	Pohlech
instrumental	Pohlem	Pohly

Further reading

• “Pohl”, in Příjmení.cz (in Czech)

German

Etymology

Dialectal form of standard Pfahl, used in this form in most dialects of North Rhine-Westphalia, including German Low German [Term?], Low Franconian, and Ripuarian. Cognate with Limburgish paol, Luxembourgish Poul, Dutch paal, and English pole.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɔːl/ (original dialectal pronunciation)
• IPA^(key): /poːl/ (also common; by analogy with standard pronunciation rules)
• Homophone: Pol (only by the latter pronunciation)

Noun

Pohl m (strong, genitive (rare) Pohls, plural Pöhle)

1. (colloquial, regional, chiefly North Rhine-Westphalia) a post or pole, particularly a traffic bollard

   Synonym: Poller

   Da kannste nich’ durch. Da sin’ überall Pöhle.

   You can't pass through there. There are bollards everywhere.

Usage notes

• The plural is more frequent than the singular.

Declension

Declension of Pohl [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Pohl	die	Pöhle
genitive	eines	des	Pohls1	der	Pöhle
dative	einem	dem	Pohl	den	Pöhlen
accusative	einen	den	Pohl	die	Pöhle

¹Rare.

Derived terms

• pöhlen

Further reading

• https://web.archive.org/web/20121008090946/http://www.mitmachwoerterbuch.lvr.de/detailansicht.php?Artikel=Pohl&Eintrag1=607