puckel
Swedish
Etymology 1
Borrowed from German Puckel (regional variation of Buckel), further origin disputed. Possibly related to buckla.
Noun
puckel c
- a hump (on a camel's back, or a deformity of the human back)
Declension
| Declension of puckel | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | puckel | puckeln | pucklar | pucklarna |
| Genitive | puckels | puckelns | pucklars | pucklarnas |
Derived terms
- puckelpist (“mogul skiing”)
Etymology 2
Deverbal of puckla.
Noun
puckel n
- (colloquial, dated) beating (getting beaten, physically)
Declension
| Declension of puckel | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | puckel | pucklet | — | — |
| Genitive | puckels | pucklets | — | — |
Related terms
- puckla på
References
- puckel in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- puckel in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- puckel in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
- puckel in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)