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zingel

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
zin-gel
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
6
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

name

A surname from Yiddish

noun

A fish of the perch family, found in the Danube, Zingel zingel.

Etymology

Transliteration of Yiddish זינגעל (zingel), from Middle High German zingel (“defensive wall”), originally applied to someone who lived near a castle’s outermost wall.

Origin

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

Zingels (plural)

Questions

What does zingel mean?
A surname from Yiddish
Where does zingel come from?
It is traced to Middle High German.

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