Tool

Tool

See also: tool

German

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English tool.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tuːl/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

Tool n (strong, genitive Tools, plural Tools)

1. (computing) tool
   • 2017, Xenia Tchoumi, 20 Minuten, 6 March:

     Doch man muss lernen, die Tools richtig zu nutzen.

     But you have to learn how to make use of the tools properly.

2. (rare) tool, utensil

   Synonym: Werkzeug

Declension

Declension of Tool [neuter, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	das	Tool	die	Tools
genitive	eines	des	Tools	der	Tools
dative	einem	dem	Tool	den	Tools
accusative	ein	das	Tool	die	Tools

Further reading

• Tool on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• “Tool” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Tool” in Duden online
• “Tool” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

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Westrobothnian

Etymology

From Old Norse Þórðr, from Þórr and viðr.

Proper noun

Tool m

1. a male given name.[1]

References

1. Audén, Bengt, 1980, Bottniska personnamn: frekvenser i skattelängder från mitten av 1500-talet, Umeå University, Faculty of Arts.