gaffel

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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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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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Descendants

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia no

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)

Derived terms

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
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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)

Derived terms

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Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
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en gaffel
en blå plastgaffel [a blue plastic fork]

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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Derived terms

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See also

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References

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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.