Kachel
See also: kachel
English
editEtymology
editBorrowed from German Kachel, metonymic occupational surname for a potter.
Proper noun
editKachel (plural Kachels)
- A surname from German.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Kachel is the 34223rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 663 individuals. Kachel is most common among White (96.68%) individuals.
Further reading
edit- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kachel”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 263.
Anagrams
editGerman
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German kachel, kachele, from Old High German chachala, from Vulgar Latin *cacculus, from cāccabus (“cooking pot”), from Ancient Greek κάκκαβος (kákkabos, “a pot or a pan”). Cognate with Alemannic German Kakel.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editKachel f (genitive Kachel, plural Kacheln)
- tile (on walls or floors or stovetops, not roof tile)
- Synonym: Fliese
- (obsolete) cooking pot, saucepan
- (obsolete, vulgar) a term of abuse for a woman
- Synonym: Schachtel
Declension
editDeclension of Kachel [feminine]
Derived terms
editDescendants
edit- → Bulgarian: ка́хел (káhel), ка́хла (káhla)
- → Czech: kachel, kachlík
- → Danish: kakkel
- → Hungarian: kályha
- → Polish: kafel, kachel, kachła, kahła
- → Kashubian: kachel
- → Russian: ка́фель (káfelʹ)
- Georgian: კაფელი (ḳapeli)
- → Serbo-Croatian: kȁhla, kȁhl, kȃlj, kȁlj
- → Slovene: kȃhla
- → Slovak: kacheľ, kafeľ, kachľa
- → Swedish: kakel
- → Ukrainian: ка́хель (káxelʹ)
Further reading
edit- “Kachel” in Duden online
- “Kachel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Kachel” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- Newerkla, Stefan Michael (2011) Sprachkontakte Deutsch – Tschechisch – Slowakisch: Wörterbuch der deutschen Lehnwörter im Tschechischen und Slowakischen: historische Entwicklung, Beleglage, bisherige und neue Deutungen (Schriften über Sprachen und Texte; 7) (in German), 2nd edition, Frankfurt: Peter Lang, →ISBN, page 269
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