Schneckn
Bavarian edit
Alternative forms edit
- Schneck (West Central Bavarian, South Central Bavarian)
Etymology edit
From Middle High German snëcke, from Old High German sneggo, snecco, from Proto-Germanic *sneggô.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
Schneckn f (plural Schneckn, diminutive Schneckerl) (East Central Bavarian, Carinthia, Tyrol, Vienna)
- (zoology) snail, slug
- the cochlea in the inner ear
- a screw or worm thread
- (lutherie) scroll (the carved wooden spiral at the end of a stringed instrument's fingerboard)
- pastry in the form of a snail
- (heraldry, rare) a stylized charge consisting of a tapering spiral inward from the edge to the centre of the shield, somewhat resembling the spiral on a snail's shell or a gurges
- (figuratively) An exclamation of disappointment when something expected has not eventuated
Noun edit
Schneckn