Graupel

== German == === Etymology === 16th century. From Graupe (“hulled grain”) +‎ -el (diminutive suffix). Graupe is from Slavic, where the senses “hulled grain” and “hail” are both present. Compare Polish krupa, Czech kroupa, Serbo-Croatian krupa. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡʁaʊ̯pəl/ Hyphenation: Grau‧pel === Noun === Graupel f (genitive Graupel, plural Graupeln) or Graupel (sometimes informally) m (strong, genitive Graupels, plural Graupel) (meteorology) graupel; soft hail Synonym: Griesel ==== Usage notes ==== The word was originally a feminine referring to a single flake of graupel and hence chiefly used in the plural Graupeln. However, the unchanged form Graupel has now become predominant. It may be construed as a plural, a feminine singular, or—at least informally—a masculine singular (on the model of words like Hagel, Regen, Schnee). The ambiguity is often circumvented by using the compound Graupelschauer. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== graupeln Graupelschauer ==== Descendants ==== → English: graupel === Further reading === Graupel on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de “Graupel” in Duden online “Graupel”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German)