Drossel

See also: drossel

German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdʁɔsəl/, [ˈdʁɔsəl], [ˈdʁɔsl̩], [ˈd̥-]
  • (file)

Etymology 1

From Middle High German droschel, from Old High German throskela, from Proto-West Germanic *þrosklā, *þrostlā (thrush).

Noun

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  1. thrush (songbird of the family Turdidae)
Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Hyponyms
Derived terms
  • Drosselbart
  • Drosselei
  • Drosseljunges
  • Drosselnest
  • Drosselstelze

Etymology 2

From Middle High German drozzel, from Old High German drozza, perhaps ultimately from the root of strotzen.[1] Akin to Old English þrote.

Noun

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  1. throttle (valve)
  2. (hunting) gorge of game
  3. (anatomy, archaic) throat
    Synonyms: Kehle, Gurgel
Declension

Lua error in Module:utilities at line 142: attempt to perform arithmetic on local 'h' (a nil value)

Derived terms

References

  1. Friedrich Kluge (1883), Drossel”, in , John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Further reading

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