Schnecke
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See also: schnecke
German
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Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German snëcke, from Old High German sneggo, snecco, from Proto-Germanic *sneggô.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Schnecke f (genitive Schnecke, plural Schnecken, diminutive Schneckchen n or Schnecklein n)
- snail, slug
- (slang) an attractive woman; chick
- the cochlea in the inner ear
- a screw or worm thread
- (lutherie) scroll (the carved wooden spiral at the end of a stringed instrument's fingerboard)
- pastry in the form of a snail
- (watches) fusee
- (heraldry, rare) a stylized charge consisting of a tapering spiral inward from the edge to the centre of the shield, somewhat resembling the spiral on a snail's shell or a gurges
- 1897, Archives heraldiques suisses: Schweizer-Archiv für Heraldik. Archivio araldico svizzero, page 115:
- Die beistehende Probe gibt das Facsimile eines Schildes der Familie Rordorf (eine gelbe Schnecke, beginnend oben rechts in rotem Feld) wieder. Die Umrisse und der Rahmen sind schwarz, die Striche an der Schnecke rot ausgeführt […]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- 1898, Gerster, Die schweizerischen Bibliothekzeichen (Ex-Libris), page 156:
- 1924 (RORDORF) Zürich h f K. 72 : 122. Stehender geharnischter Ritter mit Lanze, Schwert und erhobenem Wappenschild mit Schnecke. Visir geöffnet. Helmzierde mit fünf Pfauenfedern besteckt.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
Declension
[edit]Declension of Schnecke [feminine]
Hyponyms
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[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “Schnecke” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Schnecke” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Schnecke” in Duden online
Hunsrik
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Schnecke f
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