Kanzel
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German kanzel, Old High German cancella (“the place set apart for the priests”); derived from Late Latin cancellus (“grating”). Cognate with English chancel.[1]
Pronunciation edit
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Noun edit
Kanzel f (genitive Kanzel, plural Kanzeln)
- pulpit; raised, enclosed platform in a church from which a preacher preaches
- (aviation) cockpit
- (archaic) pulpit, raised desk or stand of a teacher
- small, raised, enclosed observation post for a hunter, a police officer observing an intersection, etc
Declension edit
Declension of Kanzel [feminine]
Descendants edit
References edit
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Kanzel”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891