knevel
Dutch
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editEtymology 1
editCognate to German Knebel. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun
editknevel m (plural knevels, diminutive kneveltje n)
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editEtymology 2
editFrom knevelen or a shortening of knevelbaard.
Noun
editknevel m (plural knevels, diminutive kneveltje n)
- A moustache covering much of the area above the upper lip, e.g. a handlebar moustache or a walrus moustache.
- (obsolete) A half of a moustache.
- 1790, Het leven van Tyll Uilenspiegel, section 57:
- Is dan dat monster, dat op gindsche grafzark zich de knevels likt, niet uw zoon?
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Synonyms
edit- (moutache) snor
Etymology 3
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
editknevel
- inflection of knevelen:
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