kogel
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkoː.ɣəl/
kogel (file) - Hyphenation: ko‧gel
- Rhymes: -oːɣəl
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch coghele, from or related to Middle High German kugele, from Proto-West Germanic *kuggil, from Proto-Germanic *kuggilō, derivative of *kuggǭ (“cog, swelling”), from Proto-Indo-European *gewgʰ- (“swelling, bow”), from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to bow, bend, arch, curve”).[1]
Compare West Frisian kûgel (“bullet”), English cudgel (“heavy stick, bat, club”).
Noun
kogel m (plural kogels, diminutive kogeltje n)
- projectile: bullet, shot (heavy iron ball used for the shot put)
- sphere, ball-shaped object
Alternative forms
- koegel
Derived terms
- bekogelen
- boutkogel
- dumdumkogel
- kanonskogel
- kettingkogel
- kogelrond
- kogelstoten
- kogelvormig
- lichtkogel
- musketkogel
- sloopkogel
Descendants
- Negerhollands: koegel
- → Arawak: kogel
- → Aukan: kuguu
References
- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “kogel1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
kogel
- first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of kogelen
- imperative of kogelen