Wedel

See also: wedel

English

Proper noun

Wedel

1. A town in Pinneberg district, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany.

German

Etymology

From Middle High German wadel / wedel, from Old High German wadal / wedil, from Proto-Germanic *waþ(i)la- (“whisk”), from a root descended from Proto-Indo-European *h₂weh₁- (“to blow (of wind)”) + *-þla-, the latter from Proto-Indo-European *-tlo; see wehen for more.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈveːdl̩/

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• Hyphenation: We‧del

Noun

Wedel m (strong, genitive Wedels, plural Wedel)

1. whisk
2. duster
3. (botany) frond

Declension

Declension of Wedel [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Wedel	die	Wedel
genitive	eines	des	Wedels	der	Wedel
dative	einem	dem	Wedel	den	Wedeln
accusative	einen	den	Wedel	die	Wedel

Derived terms

• Farnwedel
• Palmwedel
• Staubwedel

Related terms

• wedeln

Proper noun

Wedel n (proper noun, genitive Wedels or (optionally with an article) Wedel)

1. A municipality of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany

Further reading

• Wedel (Begriffsklärung) on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Wedel” in Duden online
• “Wedel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache