Pokal

See also: pokal

German

Etymology

16th century, from Italian boccale.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /poˈkaːl/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -aːl

Noun

Pokal m (strong, genitive Pokals or Pokales, plural Pokale)

1. goblet, chalice

   Synonym: Kelch

2. (sports, games) cup, trophy

Declension

Declension of Pokal [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Pokal	die	Pokale
genitive	eines	des	Pokals, Pokales	der	Pokale
dative	einem	dem	Pokal, Pokale1	den	Pokalen
accusative	einen	den	Pokal	die	Pokale

¹Now rare, see notes.

Derived terms

• DFB-Pokal
• Europapokal

Descendants

• → Danish: pokal
• → English: pokal
• → Esperanto: pokalo
• → Norwegian Bokmål: pokal
• → Norwegian Nynorsk: pokal
• → Romanian: pocal
• → Serbo-Croatian: pòkāl
• → Swedish: pokal

Further reading

• “Pokal” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Pokal” in Duden online