gaffel

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German gaffel, gaffele, from Old Saxon gafala, from Proto-West Germanic *gabulu (“fork”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡafəl/, [ˈɡ̊äfl̩]

Noun

gaffel c (singular definite gaflen or gaffelen, plural indefinite gafler)

1. fork (eating utensil with prongs)

Inflection

Declension of gaffel

common gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gaffel	gaflen gaffelen	gafler	gaflerne
genitive	gaffels	gaflens gaffelens	gaflers	gaflernes

Descendants

• → Faroese: gaffil
• → Icelandic: gaffall

Further reading

• gaffel on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da
• Gaffel (bestik) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch gaffele. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɣɑ.fəl/
• Hyphenation: gaf‧fel
• Rhymes: -ɑfəl

Noun

gaffel f or m (plural gaffels, diminutive gaffeltje n)

1. a two-pronged pitchfork or bident
2. any two-pronged fork, such as a carving fork
3. (hunting, anatomy) a two-pronged antler of a two-year-old stag
4. (nautical) a gaff

Hypernyms

• (two-pronged fork): vork

Derived terms

• gaffelhert
• gaffelzeil
• mestgaffel

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: gaffel

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡafːəl/, /ɡafːl̩/

Noun

gaffel m (definite singular gaffelen, indefinite plural gafler, definite plural gaflene)

1. a fork (a pronged tool)

Derived terms

• gaffeltruck
• stemmegaffel
• åregaffel

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

gaffel m (definite singular gaffelen, indefinite plural gaflar, definite plural gaflane)

1. a fork (pronged tool)

Derived terms

• gaffeltruck
• stemmegaffel

Swedish

en gaffel

en blå plastgaffel [a blue plastic fork]

Etymology

From Middle Low German gaffel, gaffele, from Old Saxon gavala, gafila, from Proto-West Germanic *gabulu, possibly from Celtic.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡafːɛl/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

gaffel c

1. fork; a pronged tool

Declension

Declension of gaffel

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	gaffel	gaffels
	definite	gaffeln	gaffelns
plural	indefinite	gafflar	gafflars
	definite	gafflarna	gafflarnas

Derived terms

• assiettgaffel
• eldgaffel
• fiskgaffel
• framgaffel
• förläggsgaffel
• förskärargaffel
• gaffelantilop
• gaffelband
• gaffelbit
• gaffelformig
• gaffelklo
• gaffelrigg
• gaffelsegel
• gaffeltruck
• gaffeltång
• hummergaffel
• högaffel
• sardingaffel
• slynggaffel
• smörgåsgaffel
• stämgaffel
• tranchergaffel
• truckgaffel
• trägaffel

 

See also

• gaffla
• kniv (“knife”)
• sked (“spoon”)

References

• gaffel in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• gaffel in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• gaffel in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
• gaffel in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡafɛl/

Verb

gaffel

1. Soft mutation of caffel.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
caffel	gaffel	nghaffel	chaffel
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.