Keule

See also: keule

German

Etymology

From Middle High German kiule, kūle, from Old High German *kiulia, *kūla, from Proto-West Germanic *kiulijā, *kūlā, from Proto-Germanic *kiulijǭ, *kūlǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *gewl- (“vessel; club”), from *gew- (“to bend, arch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɔɪ̯.lə]

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Noun

Keule f (genitive Keule, plural Keulen)

1. club (weapon or for juggling)

   Synonyms: Knüppel, Knüttel, Prügel

2. pestle

   Synonyms: Stößel, Pistill

3. leg (of animal, eaten as meat)

   Synonym: Schlägel

4. (colloquial, regional) brother, thus dude, mate

   Synonyms: Alter, Bruder, Kumpel

   • 2000, “Da Draussen”, in Fettes Brot für die Welt, performed by Fettes Brot:

     Also Keule denk nach über einen Neuanfang / Weil selbst erfrorene Ohren Feuer fangen bei unserem Schleudergang

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Declension

Declension of Keule [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Keule	die	Keulen
genitive	einer	der	Keule	der	Keulen
dative	einer	der	Keule	den	Keulen
accusative	eine	die	Keule	die	Keulen

Hyponyms

• Entenkeule
• Gänsenkeule
• Hähnchenkeule
• Hasenkeule
• Mörserkeule
• Rehkeule

Derived terms

• keulenartig
• keulenförmig

Further reading

• “Keule” in Duden online
• “Keule” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Keule”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891