seidel

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UK/ˈzaɪd(ə)l/US/ˈsaɪdl̩/US/ˈzaɪdl̩/

noun

A large beer mug or tankard, especially one with a lid.

Less commonScrabble 7

Meanings

seidel1

nounseidel (plural seidels)

plural seidels

  1. A large beer mug or tankard, especially one with a lid.

    Others, I swear, crossed themselves at least mentally, and whispered a prayerish aside into their seidels.

    1941, Norman Alley, I Witness, page 175

Seidel2

proper nounSeidel (plural Seidels)

plural Seidels

  1. A surname from German.

Origin

seidel · noun

  1. GermanSeidel
  2. GermanSeidel
  3. Englishseidel

Borrowed from German Seidel (“beer mug or a serving of beer of about a third of a liter”).

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Seidel · proper noun

  1. GermanSeidel
  2. EnglishSeidel

Borrowed from German Seidel.

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Rhymes & wordplay

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Cite this entry
APA

seidel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seidel

MLA

“seidel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seidel. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “seidel,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/seidel.

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