Kunkel
English edit
Proper noun edit
Kunkel (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 edit
German edit
Etymology edit
From Middle High German kunkel, from Medieval Latin conucla, conucula, colucula, corrupted from Latin colus (“distaff”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Kunkel f (genitive Kunkel, plural Kunkeln)
- (regional) distaff
- Synonyms: Rocken, Spinnrocken, Wocken
Declension edit
Declension of Kunkel [feminine]
Related terms edit
Proper noun edit
Kunkel m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Kunkels or (with an article) Kunkel, feminine genitive Kunkel, plural Kunkels or Kunkel)
- a surname
Declension edit
Declension 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