Diesel

See also: diesel and diésel

German

Etymology

Named after Rudolf Diesel (1858–1913), the inventor of the Diesel motor. The surname is a variation of Tüssel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdiːzl̩]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Die‧sel

Noun

Diesel m (strong, genitive Diesels or Diesel, plural Diesel)

1. Ellipsis of Dieselkraftstoff (“diesel fuel”).
2. Ellipsis of Dieselmotor (“diesel engine”).
3. (by extension) diesel (vehicle powered by a diesel engine)
4. (drink) a cocktail with equal parts beer and cola, thus named because of the colour of the mixture

   Synonyms: Moorwasser, Schmutz, Schweinebier

Declension

Declension of Diesel [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Diesel	die	Diesel
genitive	eines	des	Diesels, Diesel	der	Diesel
dative	einem	dem	Diesel	den	Dieseln
accusative	einen	den	Diesel	die	Diesel

Derived terms

• Agrardiesel
• Agrodiesel
• Biodiesel
• Dieselkraftstoff
• Dieselmotor
• Dieselöl

 

Noun

Diesel n (strong, genitive Diesels, plural Diesel)

1. (informal, regional) Coke mixed with beer

Proper noun

Diesel m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Diesels or (with an article) Diesel, feminine genitive Diesel, plural Diesels or Diesel)

1. a surname

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• Leides, Liedes