Wendel

== German == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvɛndl̩/ Hyphenation: Wen‧del === Etymology 1 === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Equivalent to wenden +‎ -el. ==== Noun ==== Wendel f (genitive Wendel, plural Wendeln) coil, spiral, helix bookmark ===== Declension ===== ===== Related terms ===== Wendelring, Wendelmeer, Wendelschnecke, Wendelstab, Wendeltreppe ==== Further reading ==== “Wendel”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎[1] (in German) “Wendel” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961. “Wendel” in Duden online === Etymology 2 === ==== Proper noun ==== Wendel m (proper noun, strong, genitive Wendels) a male given name, variant of Wendelin ===== Derived terms ===== St. Wendel == Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *Wandil, from Proto-Germanic *wandilaz. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈwen.del/ Rhymes: -en.del === Proper noun === Wendel m an inhabitant of Vendil (the northern part of Jutland, now called Vendsyssel) (uncertain, yet possibly) a Vandal; (in the plural) the Vandals ==== Usage notes ==== The term is attested only in the genitive plural as Wendla and in the dative plural as Wen[d]lum. It is uncertain whether the ethnonym was declined as a masculine a-stem or as a masculine i-stem. The i-stem declension is inferred from texts written in Latin which use the term as Wandali. ==== Declension ==== Strong a-stem: Strong i-stem: ==== Derived terms ==== Wendelsǣ (“the Mediterranean Sea”, literally “the Vandal-sea”) ==== Related terms ==== Ēarendel ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: Wandales