Pinkel

See also: pinkel

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɪŋkəl/

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• Hyphenation: Pin‧kel

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Low German Pinkel, perhaps from Pink (“pinkie, penis”); compare Dutch pink.

Noun

Pinkel m (strong, genitive Pinkels, plural Pinkel)

1. (colloquial) dandy, toff

   Synonyms: Stutzer, Geck, Fant

   ein feiner Pinkel ― stuck-up prig

Declension

Declension of Pinkel [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Pinkel	die	Pinkel
genitive	eines	des	Pinkels	der	Pinkel
dative	einem	dem	Pinkel	den	Pinkeln
accusative	einen	den	Pinkel	die	Pinkel

Related terms

• pinkeln

Etymology 2

From East/Saterland Frisian pinkel (literally “rectum”), perhaps the word originally meant "penis" or more generally "tip, upper part," of obscure ultimate origin; perhaps related to Proto-West Germanic *pinnā or otherwise borrowed from a substrate. Compare Etymology 1 above.

Noun

Pinkel f (genitive Pinkel, plural Pinkeln)

1. (Northern Germany) type of smoked blood sausage

Declension

Declension of Pinkel [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Pinkel	die	Pinkeln
genitive	einer	der	Pinkel	der	Pinkeln
dative	einer	der	Pinkel	den	Pinkeln
accusative	eine	die	Pinkel	die	Pinkeln

Further reading

• Pinkel on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Pinkel on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “dandy” in Duden online
• “sausage” in Duden online
• “Pinkel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Pinkel” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.