Hebel

See also: hebel

German

Etymology

From Middle High German hebel, from Old High German *hebil, from Proto-Germanic *habilaz. By surface analysis, heben +‎ -el. Cognate with Middle Low German hēvel, Middle English hevel, heveld.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈheːbəl/, [ˈheːbl̩]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: He‧bel
• Rhymes: -eːbəl, -eːbl̩

Noun

Hebel m (strong, genitive Hebels, plural Hebel)

1. operating lever, hand gear
2. (mechanics) lever
3. (sports) lever hold
4. (finance) leverage

Declension

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Hebel	die	Hebel
genitive	eines	des	Hebels	der	Hebel
dative	einem	dem	Hebel	den	Hebeln
accusative	einen	den	Hebel	die	Hebel

Declension of Hebel [masculine, strong]

Related terms

• Hebelarm
• hebeln
• Hebelwirkung
• Schalthebel

 

Descendants

• → Polish: hebel
• → German Low German: Hebel

Proper noun

Hebel m or f (proper noun, surname, masculine genitive Hebels or (with an article) Hebel, feminine genitive Hebel, plural Hebels or Hebel)

1. a surname

Further reading

• “Hebel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Hebel” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• “Hebel (Werkzeug, Griff)” in Duden online