Etymology

zingel

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Today it means: A fish of the perch family, found in the Danube, Zingel zingel. Full definition →

German Zingel
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zingel · noun1

  1. German · borrowed fromZingel
  2. English todayzingel

Borrowed from German Zingel.

Zingel · proper noun2

  1. Middle High German · derived fromzingel“defensive wall”
  2. English todayZingel

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

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