Fessel

See also: fessel

German

Etymology

From Middle High German vezzel, Old High German fezzil (“band for fastening and holding the sword”). Cognate with Old Norse fetell (“band, bandage, sword-belt”), Old English fetel (“sword-belt”).[1]

Pronunciation
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Noun

Fessel f (genitive Fessel, plural Fesseln)

  1. fetter, shackle
  2. pastern

Declension
Declension of Fessel
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Fessel die Fesseln
genitive einer der Fessel der Fesseln
dative einer der Fessel den Fesseln
accusative eine die Fessel die Fesseln

References
  1. Fessel in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, 1891
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