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Pickel.

pickaxe, icepick

6 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpɪkəl/
  1. pickaxe, icepick

    masculine · strong
Where this word comes from

From Old High German *pīk, from Proto-West Germanic *pīk (“pickaxe, sharp point”); + -el.

noun
  1. pimple, pustule

    masculine · strong
Where this word comes from

A sub-form of Pocke (“smallpox”).

noun
  1. pickle (liquid used to preserve food; brine)

    masculine · strong
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Middle Low German pickel, a sub-form of Pökel (“brine for curing”). The ultimate origin is uncertain: perhaps related to the verb picken, from Old Saxon *pikkōn, from Proto-West Germanic *pikkōn (“to strike”), with influence or intermediary borrowing from French piquer (“to sting, prick”).

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