Mugel
German
Alternative forms
- Mugl
Etymology
From Late Middle High German mugel (“lump, clod”), probably ultimately from Proto-Germanic *mūgô whence also Old English mūga (“stack”), Old Norse múgi (“swathe, crowd”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /muːɡl̩/
Audio (Austria) (file) - Hyphenation: Mu‧gel
- Rhymes: -uːɡl̩
Noun
Mugel m (genitive Mugels, plural Mugel or Mugeln, diminutive Mugerl n)
- (slang, dialectal, Austria, southern Germany) hillock
- 2014, Jörg-Martin Willnauer, Die Gulaschhütte: Stadtroman in 50 Bildern, Styriabooks (→ISBN)
- Bestenfalls ein Hügel, wahrscheinlich nur ein Mugel. Und auf diesem Mugel steht kein Schloss, sondern der kümmerliche Rest einer Befestigungsanlage. Schlossberg: zwei Übertreibungen in einem Wort.
- 2014, Jörg-Martin Willnauer, Die Gulaschhütte: Stadtroman in 50 Bildern, Styriabooks (→ISBN)
- (slang, dialectal, Austria, southern Germany, also feminine and neuter) large piece
- (skiing) mogul, bump
Declension
Declension of Mugel
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Derived terms
- ausmugeln
- Mugelpiste
- muglig, mugelig
Descendants
- → English: mogul (“hillock”)
Further reading
- Mugel in Duden online
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