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Kreisel.

top, spinning top (toy)

7 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈkʁaɪ̯zəl/
  1. top, spinning top (toy)

    masculine · strong
  2. roundabout, traffic circle

    informal · masculine · strong
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German kriusel, derived from krūs, whence modern kraus (“frizzy, curly”). Doublet of Kräusel (“frizzle, squiggle”). The sense “spinning top” was borrowed from cognate Middle Low German krü̂sel into East Central German, whence it spread in the written language. The unrounded form Kreisel was later standardised due to association with etymologically unrelated Kreis (“circle”). It may now be reanalysed as Kreis + -el.

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