Sockel

See also: sockel

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French socle, from Italian zoccolo (“wooden shoe”), from Latin socculus, diminutive of soccus (“sock”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈzɔkəl/, [ˈzɔkl̩]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔkl̩

Noun

Sockel m (strong, genitive Sockels, plural Sockel)

1. base
2. pedestal, plinth
3. (computing) socket for a chip or CPU

Declension

Declension of Sockel [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Sockel	die	Sockel
genitive	eines	des	Sockels	der	Sockel
dative	einem	dem	Sockel	den	Sockeln
accusative	einen	den	Sockel	die	Sockel

Derived terms

• Prozessorsockel

Descendants

• → Icelandic: sökkull
• → Norwegian: sokkel
• → Russian: цо́коль (cókolʹ)
• → Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic script: со̀кл, цо̀кл

  Latin script: sòkl, còkl

• → Swedish: sockel
  • → Finnish: sokkeli

Further reading

• “Sockel” in Duden online
• “Sockel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Sockel on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de