Weichsel

Danish

Proper noun

Weichsel

  1. (geography) Vistula (The longest river in Poland)

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German

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvaɪ̯ksəl/

Proper noun

Weichsel f (genitive Weichsel)

  1. Vistula (a river, now entirely in Poland, formerly partly in German Prussia)

Etymology 2

From Middle High German wīhsel, from Old High German wīhsila, from Proto-Germanic *wīhsilō, from Proto-Indo-European *weyḱs- (mistletoe). Cognate with Russian ви́шня (víšnja, sour cherry), Ancient Greek ἰξός (ixós, mistletoe, birdline), and Latin viscum (birdlime).

Noun

Weichsel f (genitive Weichsel, plural Weichseln)

  1. (as a simplex archaic or dialectal, Bavaria, Austria, Switzerland) sour cherry (fruit of the sour cherry tree)
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