gaffel

== Danish == === Etymology === From Middle Low German gaffel, gaffele, from Old Saxon gafala, from Proto-West Germanic *gabulu (“fork”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡafəl/, [ˈɡ̊äfl̩] === Noun === gaffel c (singular definite gaflen or gaffelen, plural indefinite gafler) fork (eating utensil with prongs) ==== Inflection ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Faroese: gaffil → Icelandic: gaffall ==== Further reading ==== gaffel on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da Gaffel (bestik) on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da == Dutch == === Etymology === From Middle Dutch gaffele. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɣɑ.fəl/ Hyphenation: gaf‧fel Rhymes: -ɑfəl === Noun === gaffel f or m (plural gaffels, diminutive gaffeltje n) a two-pronged pitchfork or bident any two-pronged fork, such as a carving fork (hunting, anatomy) a two-pronged antler of a two-year-old stag (nautical) a gaff ==== Hypernyms ==== (two-pronged fork): vork ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Afrikaans: gaffel == Norwegian Bokmål == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɡafːəl/, /ɡafːl̩/ === Noun === gaffel m (definite singular gaffelen, indefinite plural gafler, definite plural gaflene) a fork (a pronged tool) ==== Derived terms ==== gaffeltruck stemmegaffel åregaffel === References === “gaffel” in The Bokmål Dictionary. “gaffel” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB). == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Noun === gaffel m (definite singular gaffelen, indefinite plural gaflar, definite plural gaflane) a fork (pronged tool) ==== Derived terms ==== gaffeltruck stemmegaffel == Swedish == === Etymology === From Middle Low German gaffel, gaffele, from Old Saxon gavala, gafila, from Proto-West Germanic *gabulu, possibly from Celtic. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡafːɛl/ === Noun === gaffel c fork; a pronged tool ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== See also ==== gaffla kniv (“knife”) sked (“spoon”) === References === “gaffel”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “gaffel”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) “gaffel”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) gaffel in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922) == Welsh == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɡafɛl/ === Verb === gaffel soft mutation of caffel === Mutation ===