Flügel

== German == === Etymology === From Middle High German vlügel, from Old High German *flugil, from Proto-Germanic *flugilaz. Cognate with Yiddish פֿליגל (fligl), Dutch vleugel, Middle Low German vlȫgel. The use for the grand piano (18th c.) is due to the similarity in form to a bird’s wing. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈflyːɡəl/, [ˈflyːɡl̩], [-ɡəl] Hyphenation: Flü‧gel === Noun === Flügel m (strong, genitive Flügels, plural Flügel, diminutive Flügelchen n or Flüglein n) wing (of a bird, airplane, etc.) leaf (of a door or window) casement or sash (of a window) blade or vane (of a propeller, impeller or turbine) (architecture) wing (lateral part, especially of a building) (music) grand piano Hyponym: Konzertflügel (chiefly as Flügelchen) ellipsis of Schwimmflügel (“water wing, armband, swimmy”) ==== Declension ==== ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Danish: flygel → Esperanto: flugilo → Norwegian Bokmål: flygel → Norwegian Nynorsk: flygel → Swedish: flygel === Further reading === “Flügel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Flügel” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Flügel” in Duden online “Flügel” in OpenThesaurus.de Flügel on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de