Wachtel

== English == === Etymology === Borrowed from German Wachtel. === Proper noun === Wachtel (plural Wachtels) A surname from German. ==== Statistics ==== According to the 2010 United States Census, Wachtel is the 14636th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 2033 individuals. Wachtel is most common among White (95.33%) individuals. === Further reading === Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Wachtel”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN. == German == === Etymology === From Middle High German wachtel, wahtel, from Old High German wahtala, wahtila, from Proto-West Germanic *hwahtlā (“quail”). The sense “prison guard” is due to similarity with the (non-derogatory) synonyms Wache and Wächter. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvaxtəl/, [ˈvaχtəl], [ˈvaχtl̩] === Noun === Wachtel f (genitive Wachtel, plural Wachteln) quail (slang, derogatory) screw (i.e., prison guard) ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== Wachtelei, Wachteljagd, Wachtelnest Wachteleiersalat Wachtelbohne, Wachtelhund, Wachtelkönig, Wachtelweizen === Further reading === “Wachtel”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Wachtel” in Duden online “Wachtel” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. “Wachtel” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon