Wachtel

See also: wachtel

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Wachtel.

Proper noun

Wachtel (plural Wachtels)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Wachtel is the 14636^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2033 individuals. Wachtel is most common among White (95.33%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Wachtel”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.

German

Etymology

From Middle High German wachtel, wahtel, from Old High German wahtala, wahtila, from Proto-West Germanic *hwahtlā (“quail”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvaxtəl/, [ˈvaχtəl], [ˈvaχtl̩]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

Wachtel f (genitive Wachtel, plural Wachteln)

1. quail
2. (slang, derogatory) screw (i.e., prison guard)

Declension

Declension of Wachtel [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Wachtel	die	Wachteln
genitive	einer	der	Wachtel	der	Wachteln
dative	einer	der	Wachtel	den	Wachteln
accusative	eine	die	Wachtel	die	Wachteln

Further reading

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