zingel

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noun

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

OriginGerman Zingel →
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Meanings

zingel1

nounzingel (plural zingels)

plural zingels

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

Zingel2

proper nounZingel (plural Zingels)

plural Zingels

  1. A surname from Yiddish

Origin

zingel · noun

  1. GermanZingel
  2. Englishzingel

Borrowed from German Zingel.

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Zingel · proper noun

  1. Middle High Germanzingel“defensive wall”
  2. EnglishZingel

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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APA

zingel. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zingel

MLA

“zingel.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zingel. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “zingel,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/zingel.

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