"Zirkel" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [German]

IPA: /ˈt͡sɪrkəl/, [ˈt͡sɪʁ.kl̩], [ˈt͡sɪɐ̯-], [-kəl] Audio: De-Zirkel.ogg
Etymology: From Middle High German zirkel, from Old High German zirkil, from Latin circinus (“pair of compasses”), from Ancient Greek κίρκινος (kírkinos). The Old High German -il is due to either alteration after the Germanic tool suffix *-ilaz, or confluence with Latin circulus (“circle”); the -k- speaks in favour of the latter explanation. The sense “circle”, which appears in Middle High German, is at any rate borrowed from circulus. Both Latin words ultimately go back to Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos). Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|zirkel}} Middle High German zirkel, {{inh|de|goh|zirkil}} Old High German zirkil, {{der|de|la|circinus|t=pair of compasses}} Latin circinus (“pair of compasses”), {{der|de|grc|κίρκινος}} Ancient Greek κίρκινος (kírkinos), {{m+|la|circulus|t=circle}} Latin circulus (“circle”), {{m+|grc|κίρκος}} Ancient Greek κίρκος (kírkos) Head templates: {{de-noun|m}} Zirkel m (strong, genitive Zirkels, plural Zirkel) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m}} Forms: Zirkels [genitive], Zirkel [plural], strong [table-tags], Zirkel [nominative, singular], Zirkel [definite, nominative, plural], Zirkels [genitive, singular], Zirkel [definite, genitive, plural], Zirkel [dative, singular], Zirkeln [dative, definite, plural], Zirkel [accusative, singular], Zirkel [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. pair of compasses, compass (device to draw circles) Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Zirkel-de-noun-P6tFt-bO Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 29 14 26 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 11 25 30 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 32 22 23 22
  2. (rare) circle (geometrical figure) Tags: masculine, rare, strong Synonyms: Kreis
    Sense id: en-Zirkel-de-noun-eWJwKWMK Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Geometry Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 29 14 26 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 11 25 30 Disambiguation of Geometry: 10 58 26 6
  3. (figurative) circle (group of persons with a common interest) Tags: figuratively, masculine, strong Synonyms: Kreis
    Sense id: en-Zirkel-de-noun-~Zzhkl4C Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 29 14 26 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 11 25 30
  4. monogram of a student society. Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Zirkel-de-noun-22gXntZV Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 29 14 26 31 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 34 11 25 30
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: zirkeln, zirkulär, zirkulieren Related terms: Geheimzirkel, Lesezirkel, Literaturzirkel, Quintenzirkel, Stechzirkel, Zirkelbeweis, Zirkelkasten, Zirkelkonstruktion, Zirkelschluss, Zirkus

Inflected forms

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      "ipa": "/ˈt͡sɪrkəl/"
    },
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      "ipa": "[ˈt͡sɪʁ.kl̩]"
    },
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      "ipa": "[ˈt͡sɪɐ̯-]"
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      "ipa": "[-kəl]"
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}
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    "German nouns",
    "German terms derived from Ancient Greek",
    "German terms derived from Latin",
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    "German terms derived from Old High German",
    "German terms inherited from Middle High German",
    "German terms inherited from Old High German",
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        "monogram of a student society."
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      "ipa": "/ˈt͡sɪrkəl/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈt͡sɪʁ.kl̩]"
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2025-05-19 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2025-05-01 using wiktextract (c3cc510 and 1d3fdbf). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.