Pedell

== German == === Etymology === Middle High German pedel, from Medieval Latin pedellus, bedellus, perhaps influenced by Büttel, from Proto-Germanic *budilaz. Cognate with English bedel and beadle. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /peˈdɛl/ === Noun === Pedell m (strong or mixed, genitive Pedells, plural Pedelle or Pedellen) (archaic) caretaker, janitor (of a school) Synonyms: Schulhausmeister, Schulwart, (archaic) Schuldiener ==== Declension ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Dutch: pedel === Further reading === “Pedell” in Duden online “Pedell”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Pedell” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. Kluge, Friedrich (1989), “Pedell”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 533