Köttel
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Low German kötel. Also a Low and Central Franconian word. Cognate with Dutch keutel. Unrelated to German Kot (“feces”); instead, probably derived from the noun at hand in Dutch koot (“little bone”), thus originally “something hard”. Compare German Köte (“the heelbone of a horse; fetlock”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Köttel m (strong, genitive Köttels, plural Köttel)
Usage notes edit
- The word is now well attestable in edited prose, but may not be familiar to all speakers outside of northern and western Germany.
Declension edit
Declension of Köttel [masculine, strong]