Kunkel
English
editProper noun
editKunkel (plural Kunkels)
- A surname.
Statistics
edit- According to the 2010 United States Census, Kunkel is the 3736th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 9488 individuals. Kunkel is most common among White (95.73%) individuals.
Anagrams
editGerman
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German kunkel, from Medieval Latin conucla, conucula, colucula, corrupted from Latin colus (“distaff”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editKunkel f (genitive Kunkel, plural Kunkeln)
- (regional) distaff
- Synonyms: Rocken, Spinnrocken, Wocken
Declension
editDeclension of Kunkel [feminine]
Related terms
editProper noun
editKunkel m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Kunkels or (with an article) Kunkel, feminine genitive Kunkel, plural Kunkels or Kunkel)
- a surname
Declension
editDeclension of Kunkel [sg-only, neuter, toponym]
References
edit- “Kunkel” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “Kunkel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Kunkel” in Duden online
- Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Kunkel”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 419
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