Spiegel
See also: spiegel
English
Alternative forms
- Spegal
Etymology
From German Spiegel.
Proper noun
Spiegel (plural Spiegels)
- A surname from German.
German
Spiegel (sense 1)
Spiegel of a deer (sense 5.3)
Etymology
From Middle High German spiegel, from Old High German spiegal or spēgal, from Medieval Latin speclum, from Latin speculum.Cognate with German Low German Spegel, Dutch spiegel[1], Hunsrik Spieghel.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃpiːɡ(ə)l/
- (Germany)
(file) - (Austria)
(file)
Noun
Spiegel m (strong, genitive Spiegels, plural Spiegel, diminutive Spiegelchen n or Spieglein n)
- mirror (smooth surface, usually made of glass with reflective material painted on the underside, that reflects light)
- 1812, Brüder Grimm, Schneewittchen:
- […] Sie hatte auch einen Spiegel, vor den trat sie alle Morgen und fragte: / „Spieglein, Spieglein an der Wand: / wer ist die schönste Frau in dem ganzen Land?“
- She had a Mirror before which she came every morning. She'd ask: Mirror, Mirror, on the wall, who is the fairest Woman in the entire land?"
- Sie hatte einen großen Spiegel. ― She had a large mirror.
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- level (of a liquid)
- Synonyms: Pegel, Konzentration
- Meeresspiegel ― sea level
- Alkoholspiegel ― alcohol level (amount in blood, for example)
- surface (flat overside or up-side of a liquid)
- Synonym: Wasseroberfläche
- schematic overview, table (two-dimensional presentation of data)
- Synonym: Tabelle
- Notenspiegel ― transcript (as in a set of notes that mirrors the conversation)
- Gehaltsspiegel ― salary tables (pay levels)
- white or light-coloured mark (on an animal)
- on the forehead of horses and cattle
- Das Pony hatte einen hübsch geformten Spiegel auf der Stirn.
- The pony had a nicely shaped mark on the forehead.
- on the wing of a goose, capercaillie, or black cock
- on the hindquarters of deer
- on the forehead of horses and cattle
Declension
Declension of Spiegel [masculine, strong]
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
| nominative | ein | der | Spiegel | die | Spiegel |
| genitive | eines | des | Spiegels | der | Spiegel |
| dative | einem | dem | Spiegel | den | Spiegeln |
| accusative | einen | den | Spiegel | die | Spiegel |
Derived terms
- spiegelartig
- spiegelig
- spiegeln
- Spiegelung
- Spiegelein
- Spiegelchen
Related terms
- Alkoholspiegel (“alcohol level”)
- Augenspiegel (“ophthalmoscope”)
- Autospiegel (“car mirror”)
- Blutspiegel (“blood level”)
- Cholesterinspiegel (“blood cholesterol level”)
- Flügelspiegel
- Glasspiegel (“glass mirror”)
- Hauptspiegel
- Kristallspiegel (“crystal mirror”)
- Medaillenspiegel (“medals table”)
- Meeresspiegel (“sea level”)
- Metallspiegel (“metal mirror”)
- Natriumspiegel (“sodium level”)
- Plasmaspiegel (“plasma level”)
- Rückspiegel (“rear-view mirror”)
- Serumspiegel (“serum level”)
- Spiegelbild (“mirror image, reflection”)
- Spiegelebene (“mirror plane”)
- Spiegelfläche (“mirror surface”)
- Spiegelglanz (“mirror finish”)
- spiegelgleich
- Spiegelreflexkamera
- Spiegelsaal
- Spiegelstrich
- spiegelsymmetrisch
- Spiegeltest (“mirror test”)
- spiegelverkehrt (“mirror-inverted”)
- Taschenspiegel (“pocket mirror”)
- Wandspiegel (“wall mirror”)
- Wasserspiegel (“water level”)
Descendants
- → Esperanto: spegulo
- → Kashubian: szpédżel
- → Romansch: spievel, spieghel, spejel
- → Russian: с̌пи́гел (špígel)
References
- Friedrich Kluge (1989), “Spiegel”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN
Further reading
Spiegel (Begriffsklärung) on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de- “Spiegel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Spiegel” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Spiegel” in Duden online