"Kugel" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: /ˈkuːɡəl/
Etymology: From Middle High German kugel, kugele, of uncertain origin, but probably related to Keule (“club”). Possibly from Proto-Germanic *kuggilaz (“knobbed instrument”), derivative of Proto-Germanic *kuggǭ (“cog, swelling”), from Proto-Indo-European *gewgʰ- (“swelling, bow”), from Proto-Indo-European *gew-, *gū- (“to bow, bend, arch, curve”), perhaps same source of Albanian gogël “acorn, small ball”. Outside of loans from German (as in Danish kugle and Dutch kogel), it appears only in German, and only from the Middle High German period, as kugel, kugele, referring to a ball used in games (Spielkugel). Nevertheless, the word seems to be of genuinely Germanic origin. A Swiss dialect form has an additional r, in krugle, found already in Middle High German in the diminutive form krúgellin (Konrad of Würzburg, d. 1287). Middle German variants of the word in the original sense “ball used in skittles or Paille-maille” are kaule, kulle, while Low German had cognates of Klotz. The sense “bullet” is directly via comparison with the ball in skittles, already in use for lead or iron spheres used as projectiles (fired with slingshots or similar) before firearms became widespread. Also compared are Kegel (“pin or peg used in a game (such as skittles)”), as well as English cudgel and cog, though these connections are far from certain. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|kugel}} Middle High German kugel, {{m|gmh|kugele}} kugele, {{unc|de|nocap=1}} uncertain, {{m|de|Keule|t=club}} Keule (“club”), {{cog|sq|gogël}} Albanian gogël, {{cog|da|kugle}} Danish kugle, {{cog|nl|kogel}} Dutch kogel, {{m|de|Spielkugel}} Spielkugel, {{der|de|gem|-}} Germanic, {{m|de|Klotz}} Klotz, {{m|de|Kegel|t=pin or peg used in a game (such as skittles)}} Kegel (“pin or peg used in a game (such as skittles)”), {{cog|en|cudgel}} English cudgel, {{m|en|cog}} cog Head templates: {{de-noun|f|dim=^chen,^lein,Küglein}} Kugel f (genitive Kugel, plural Kugeln, diminutive Kügelchen n or Kügellein n or Küglein n) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Kugel [genitive], Kugeln [plural], Kügelchen [diminutive, neuter], Kügellein [diminutive, neuter], Küglein [diminutive, neuter], no-table-tags [table-tags], Kugel [nominative, singular], Kugeln [definite, nominative, plural], Kugel [genitive, singular], Kugeln [definite, genitive, plural], Kugel [dative, singular], Kugeln [dative, definite, plural], Kugel [accusative, singular], Kugeln [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. ball Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Kugel-de-noun-6d4IJj9K
  2. (firearms) bullet, projectile Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Firearms Synonyms: Projektil, Geschoss
    Sense id: en-Kugel-de-noun-q~SFCvjs Topics: engineering, firearms, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry
  3. (firearms, loosely) round, cartridge, bullet Tags: broadly, feminine Categories (topical): Firearms Synonyms: Patrone
    Sense id: en-Kugel-de-noun-4Zvyhtb6 Topics: engineering, firearms, government, military, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, politics, tools, war, weaponry
  4. (astronomy, geography) orb, globe, celestial body Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Astronomy, Geography, Toys
    Sense id: en-Kugel-de-noun-2n5Yy88c Disambiguation of Toys: 2 11 10 30 15 12 11 8 Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 3 14 13 37 11 14 4 2 Topics: astronomy, geography, natural-sciences
  5. (geometry) sphere, orb Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Geometry Synonyms: Sphäre
    Sense id: en-Kugel-de-noun-mAkj5NMt Topics: geometry, mathematics, sciences
  6. (heraldry) roundel (of any tincture) Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Heraldic charges
    Sense id: en-Kugel-de-noun-jDXuRrIL Topics: government, heraldry, hobbies, lifestyle, monarchy, nobility, politics
  7. (of icecream) scoop Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-Kugel-de-noun-c5Ejtman
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Noun

IPA: /ˈkuːɡəl/
Head templates: {{de-noun|f}} Kugel f (genitive Kugel, plural Kugeln) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|f}} Forms: Kugel [genitive], Kugeln [plural], no-table-tags [table-tags], Kugel [nominative, singular], Kugeln [definite, nominative, plural], Kugel [genitive, singular], Kugeln [definite, genitive, plural], Kugel [dative, singular], Kugeln [dative, definite, plural], Kugel [accusative, singular], Kugeln [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. alternative form of Kogel (“cowl”) Tags: alt-of, alternative, feminine Alternative form of: Kogel (extra: cowl)
    Sense id: en-Kugel-de-noun-NwcY-83L
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 9 9 33 27 17 5",
      "word": "Babykugel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 9 9 33 27 17 5",
      "word": "Bowlingkugel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 9 9 33 27 17 5",
      "word": "Christbaumkugel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 9 9 33 27 17 5",
      "word": "Erdkugel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 9 9 33 27 17 5",
      "word": "Gewehrkugel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 9 9 33 27 17 5",
      "word": "Glaskugel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 9 9 33 27 17 5",
      "word": "Halbkugel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 9 9 33 27 17 5",
      "word": "Kristallkugel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 9 9 33 27 17 5",
      "word": "Kugelblitz"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 9 9 33 27 17 5",
      "word": "Kugelfisch"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 9 9 33 27 17 5",
      "word": "Kugelgelenk"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 9 9 33 27 17 5",
      "word": "Kugelkopf"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 9 9 33 27 17 5",
      "word": "kugeln"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 9 9 33 27 17 5",
      "word": "Kugeloberfäche"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 9 9 33 27 17 5",
      "word": "Kugelschreiber"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 9 9 33 27 17 5",
      "word": "Kugelstoßen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 9 9 33 27 17 5",
      "word": "kuglicht"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 9 9 33 27 17 5",
      "word": "Mottenkugel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 9 9 33 27 17 5",
      "word": "Schrotkugel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 9 9 33 27 17 5",
      "word": "verkugeln"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 9 9 33 27 17 5",
      "word": "Weihnachtsbaumkugel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 9 9 33 27 17 5",
      "word": "Weihnachtskugel"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 9 9 33 27 17 5",
      "word": "Zielkugel"
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          "expansion": "→ Kashubian: kùgla",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Kashubian: kùgla"
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          "expansion": "→ Serbo-Croatian: kugla",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Serbo-Croatian: kugla"
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      "expansion": "Albanian gogël",
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      },
      "expansion": "Danish kugle",
      "name": "cog"
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      "expansion": "Dutch kogel",
      "name": "cog"
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      },
      "expansion": "Spielkugel",
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      },
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        "1": "en",
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    },
    {
      "form": "Kugeln",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kügelchen",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kügellein",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Küglein",
      "tags": [
        "diminutive",
        "neuter"
      ]
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      "source": "declension",
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      "source": "declension",
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      "form": "Kugeln",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kugel",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kugeln",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      },
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    }
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  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "noun",
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        "ball"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "ball",
          "ball"
        ]
      ],
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        "feminine"
      ]
    },
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            "Hunting",
            "Military",
            "Tools",
            "Human activity",
            "Society",
            "Technology",
            "Human behaviour",
            "All topics",
            "Human",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
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        {
          "english": "The bullet went right through the heart.",
          "text": "Die Kugel ging mitten ins Herz.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "bullet, projectile"
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      "id": "en-Kugel-de-noun-q~SFCvjs",
      "links": [
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          "projectile"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(firearms) bullet, projectile"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Projektil"
        },
        {
          "word": "Geschoss"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
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        "engineering",
        "firearms",
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        "physical-sciences",
        "politics",
        "tools",
        "war",
        "weaponry"
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "He had three rounds left in the magazine.",
          "text": "Er hatte noch drei Kugeln im Magazin.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "round, cartridge, bullet"
      ],
      "id": "en-Kugel-de-noun-4Zvyhtb6",
      "links": [
        [
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          "firearm"
        ],
        [
          "round",
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        [
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          "cartridge"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(firearms, loosely) round, cartridge, bullet"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "Patrone"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
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        "feminine"
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        "engineering",
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        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "politics",
        "tools",
        "war",
        "weaponry"
      ]
    },
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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Astronomy",
          "orig": "de:Astronomy",
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            "Sciences",
            "Space",
            "All topics",
            "Nature",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Geography",
          "orig": "de:Geography",
          "parents": [
            "Earth sciences",
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            "Fundamental"
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          "source": "w"
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        {
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          "langcode": "de",
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            "Human",
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            "Fundamental"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
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        [
          "geography",
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        ],
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          "globe",
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        "(astronomy, geography) orb, globe, celestial body"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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        "astronomy",
        "geography",
        "natural-sciences"
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          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Geometry",
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            "Sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
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      "links": [
        [
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        [
          "sphere",
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          "orb",
          "orb"
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      ],
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        {
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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        "mathematics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "de",
          "name": "Heraldic charges",
          "orig": "de:Heraldic charges",
          "parents": [
            "Heraldry",
            "History",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
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      ],
      "id": "en-Kugel-de-noun-jDXuRrIL",
      "links": [
        [
          "heraldry",
          "heraldry"
        ],
        [
          "roundel",
          "roundel"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(heraldry) roundel (of any tincture)"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "government",
        "heraldry",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle",
        "monarchy",
        "nobility",
        "politics"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "scoop"
      ],
      "id": "en-Kugel-de-noun-c5Ejtman",
      "links": [
        [
          "scoop",
          "scoop"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(of icecream) scoop"
      ],
      "raw_tags": [
        "of icecream"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈkuːɡəl/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Kugel"
}

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  "etymology_number": 2,
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      "form": "Kugel",
      "tags": [
        "genitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kugeln",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
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        "table-tags"
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    },
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    {
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    },
    {
      "form": "Kugeln",
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    },
    {
      "form": "Kugel",
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        "genitive",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "Kugeln",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "genitive",
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      "word": "Gewehrkugel"
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      "word": "Glaskugel"
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      "word": "Halbkugel"
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      "word": "Kristallkugel"
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      "word": "Kugelgelenk"
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      "word": "Kugelkopf"
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      "word": "kugeln"
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      "word": "Kugelschreiber"
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      "word": "kuglicht"
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      "word": "Mottenkugel"
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      "word": "Schrotkugel"
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      "word": "verkugeln"
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        "politics"
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        "(of icecream) scoop"
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      "ipa": "/ˈkuːɡəl/"
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}

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