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Pinkel.

dandy, toff

6 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈpɪŋkəl/
  1. dandy, toff

    colloquial · masculine · strong
    ein feiner Pinkel
Where this word comes from

Borrowed from Low German Pinkel, perhaps from Pink (“pinkie, penis”); compare Dutch pink.

noun/ˈpɪŋkəl/
  1. type of smoked blood sausage

    Northern-Germany · feminine
Where this word comes from

From East/Saterland Frisian pinkel (literally “rectum”), perhaps the word originally meant "penis" or more generally "tip, upper part," of obscure ultimate origin; perhaps related to Proto-West Germanic *pinnā or otherwise borrowed from a substrate. Compare Etymology 1 above.

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