Spiegel

See also: spiegel

English

Etymology

From German Spiegel

Proper noun

Spiegel

  1. A surname​.

German

Spiegel (sense 1)
Spiegel of a deer (sense 4.3)

Etymology

From Middle High German spiegel, from Old High German spiegal or spēgal, from Medieval Latin speglum, from Latin speculum. Cognate with Dutch spiegel.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʃpiːɡ(ə)l/
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Noun

Spiegel m (genitive Spiegels, plural Spiegel, diminutive Spiegelchen n or Spieglein n)

  1. mirror
    • 1812, Brüder Grimm, Sneewittchen:
      […] Sie hatte auch einen Spiegel, vor den trat sie alle Morgen und fragte: / „Spieglein, Spieglein an der Wand: / wer ist die schönste Frau in dem ganzen Land?“ […]
    Sie hatte einen großen Spiegel. ― She had a large mirror.
  2. level of a liquid
    Synonyms: Pegel, Konzentration
    Meeresspiegel ― sea level
  3. schematic overview, table
    Synonym: Tabelle
    Notenspiegel
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    Gehaltsspiegel
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  4. (hunting) white or light-coloured mark
    1. on the forehead of horses and cattle
      Das Pony hatte einen hübsch geformten Spiegel auf der Stirn.
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    2. on the wing of a goose, capercaillie, or black cock
    3. on the hind quarters of deer

Declension

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ Kluge, Friedrich (1989), “Spiegel”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological dictionary of the German language] (in German), 22nd edition, →ISBN

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