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Etymology edit

From Middle High German kële, from Old High German kela, from Proto-West Germanic *kelā, from Proto-Germanic *kelǭ. Compare English jowl (loose flesh around the cheeks and lower jaw).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈkeːlə/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: Keh‧le
  • Rhymes: -eːlə

Noun edit

Kehle f (genitive Kehle, plural Kehlen, diminutive Kehlchen n or Kehllein n)

  1. throat
    • 1919, Walther Kabel, Irrende Seelen, Werner Dietsch Verlag, page 87:
      Die Kehle war mir wie ausgetrocknet. Ich konnte die Worte nur noch mühsam hervorquälen.
      My throat felt like it had dried-up. I could only painstakingly force the words out.
  2. (engineering) fillet

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Noun edit

Kehle

  1. plural of Kehl