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gaffel

Danish

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German gaffel, gaffele, from Old Saxon gafala, from Proto-West Germanic *gabulu (“fork”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡafəl/, [ˈɡ̊äfl̩]

Noun

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gaffel c (singular definite gaflen or gaffelen, plural indefinite gafler)

  1. fork (eating utensil with prongs)

Inflection

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Declension of gaffel
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative gaffel gaflen
gaffelen 		gafler gaflerne
genitive gaffels gaflens
gaffelens 		gaflers gaflernes

Descendants

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  • → Faroese: gaffil
  • → Icelandic: gaffall

Further reading

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch gaffele. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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gaffel f or m (plural gaffels, diminutive gaffeltje n)

  1. A two-pronged pitchfork or bident.
  2. Any two-pronged fork, such as a carving fork.
  3. (hunting, anatomy) A two-pronged antler of a two-year-old stag.
  4. (nautical) A gaff.

Hypernyms

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  • (two-pronged fork): vork

Derived terms

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡafːəl/, /ɡafːl̩/

Noun

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gaffel m (definite singular gaffelen, indefinite plural gafler, definite plural gaflene)

  1. a fork (a pronged tool)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Noun

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gaffel m (definite singular gaffelen, indefinite plural gaflar, definite plural gaflane)

  1. a fork (pronged tool)

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Swedish

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Etymology

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From Middle Low German gaffel, gaffele, from Old Saxon gavala, gafila, from Proto-West Germanic *gabulu, possibly from Celtic.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡafːɛl/
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Noun

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gaffel c

  1. fork; a pronged tool

Declension

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Declension of gaffel 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative gaffel gaffeln gafflar gafflarna
Genitive gaffels gaffelns gafflars gafflarnas

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Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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gaffel

  1. Soft mutation of caffel.

Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
caffel gaffel nghaffel chaffel
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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