Schnegel

German

Alternative forms

• Schnagel, Schnägel, Schniegel (dialectal)

Etymology

From Middle High German snegel (“slug, snail”), from Old High German snegil, from Proto-Germanic *snagilaz. Cognate with Low German Snagel, English snail. The word failed to establish itself in Modern Standard German, but was later adopted in a more specialized sense in zoological terminology.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃneːɡəl/, [ˈʃneː.ɡl̩]

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• Hyphenation: Schne‧gel

Noun

Schnegel m (strong, genitive Schnegels, plural Schnegel)

1. (zoology) keelback slug (any of various slugs of the family Limacidae)
2. (obsolete or dialectal) Synonym of Schnecke (“slug, snail”)

Declension

Declension of Schnegel [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Schnegel	die	Schnegel
genitive	eines	des	Schnegels	der	Schnegel
dative	einem	dem	Schnegel	den	Schnegeln
accusative	einen	den	Schnegel	die	Schnegel

Derived terms

• Bierschnegel
• Blauschnegel
• Großschnegel
• Pilzschnegel
• Tigerschnegel

 

Related terms

• schniegeln

Further reading

• “Schnegel” in Duden online
• “Schnegel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache