Etymology
Borrowed from German Kachel, metonymic occupational surname for a potter.
Proper noun
Kachel (plural Kachels)
- A surname from German.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Kachel is the 34223rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 663 individuals. Kachel is most common among White (96.68%) individuals.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkaxəl/, [ˈkaχəl], [ˈkaχl̩]
Noun
Kachel f (genitive Kachel, plural Kacheln)
- tile (on walls or floors or stovetops, not roof tile)
- Synonym: Fliese
- (obsolete) cooking pot, saucepan
- Synonyms: Topf, Kochtopf
- (obsolete, vulgar) a term of abuse for a woman
- Synonym: Schachtel
Declension
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Declension of Kachel [feminine]
Descendants
- → Bulgarian: ка́хел (káhel), ка́хла (káhla)
- → Czech: kachel, kachlík
- → Danish: kakkel
- → Hungarian: kályha
- → Polish: kafel, kachel, kachła, kahła
- → Kashubian: kachel
- → Russian: ка́фель (káfelʹ)
- Georgian: კაფელი (ḳapeli)
- → Serbo-Croatian: kȁhla, kȁhl, kȃlj, kȁlj
- → Slovene: kȃhla
- → Slovak: kacheľ, kafeľ, kachľa
- → Swedish: kakel
- → Ukrainian: ка́хель (káxelʹ)
Further reading
- “Kachel” in Duden online
- “Kachel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Kachel” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- Newerkla, Stefan Michael (2011) Sprachkontakte Deutsch – Tschechisch – Slowakisch: Wörterbuch der deutschen Lehnwörter im Tschechischen und Slowakischen: historische Entwicklung, Beleglage, bisherige und neue Deutungen (Schriften über Sprachen und Texte; 7) (in German), 2nd edition, Frankfurt: Peter Lang, →ISBN, page 269