Schaukel

See also: schaukel

German

Etymology

With -au- by artificial adaptation to standard German from Low German Schukel, a lengthened variant of Low German Schuckel (also early modern German Schuckel), deverbal from schuckeln, schockeln, iterative of Middle Low German and Middle High German schocken, from Proto-Germanic *skukkōną. Related with English shock.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃaʊ̯kəl/, [ˈʃaʊ̯kl̩]

• Audio:

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Noun

Schaukel f (genitive Schaukel, plural Schaukeln)

1. (narrow sense) swing (seat hanging on two lines)
2. (broad sense) any swinging construction, including seesaws and similar devices

Declension

Declension of Schaukel [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Schaukel	die	Schaukeln
genitive	einer	der	Schaukel	der	Schaukeln
dative	einer	der	Schaukel	den	Schaukeln
accusative	eine	die	Schaukel	die	Schaukeln

Related terms

• schaukeln

Further reading

• “Schaukel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Schaukel” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Schaukel” in Duden online