Graupel
German
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Graupel
Etymology
16th century. From Graupe (“hulled grain”) + -el (“diminutive”). Graupe is from Slavic, where the senses “hulled grain” and “hail” are both present. Compare Polish krupa, Czech kroupa, Serbo-Croatian krupa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɡʁaʊ̯pəl/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: Grau‧pel
Noun
Graupel f or m (genitive Graupel or Graupels, plural Graupeln or Graupel)
- (meteorology) graupel; soft hail
Usage notes
- The word was originally a feminine referring to a single flake of graupel and hence chiefly used in the plural Graupeln. However, the unchanged form Graupel has now become predominant. It may be construed as a plural, a feminine singular, or—at least informally—a masculine singular (on the model of words like Hagel, Regen, Schnee). The ambiguity is often circumvented by using the compound Graupelschauer.
Declension
Declension of Graupel
singular | plural | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | eine | die | Graupel | die | Graupeln |
genitive | einer | der | Graupel | der | Graupeln |
dative | einer | der | Graupel | den | Graupeln |
accusative | eine | die | Graupel | die | Graupeln |
Declension of Graupel
singular | plural | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | ein | der | Graupel | die | Graupel |
genitive | eines | des | Graupels | der | Graupel |
dative | einem | dem | Graupel | den | Graupeln |
accusative | einen | den | Graupel | die | Graupel |
Synonyms
- Griesel
Derived terms
- graupeln
- Graupelschauer
Descendants
- English: graupel
Further reading
Graupel on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de