Flügel

German

Etymology

From Middle High German vlügel, from Old High German *flugil, from Proto-Germanic *flugilaz. Cognate with Yiddish פֿליגל‎ (fligl), Dutch vleugel, Middle Low German vlȫgel.

The use for the grand piano (18th c.) is due to the similarity in form to a bird’s wing.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈflyːɡəl/, [ˈflyːɡl̩], [-ɡəl]
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  • Hyphenation: Flü‧gel

Noun

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  1. wing (of a bird, airplane, etc.)
    Der Vogel spreizte die Flügel.
    The bird spread its wings.
  2. wing (of a door, window, windmill, etc.)
  3. wing (lateral part, especially of a building)
  4. (music) grand piano
    • 1931, Arthur Schnitzler, Flucht in die Finsternis, S. Fischer Verlag, page 14:
      Er begab sich ins Klavierzimmer, griff ein paar Akkorde auf dem verstimmten Flügel, verließ aber bald wieder den Raum, [...]
      He went to the piano room, struck a few chords on the out-of-tune grand piano, but soon left the room again, [...]
  5. (chiefly as Flügelchen) Short for Schwimmflügel (“water wing, armband, swimmy”).

Declension

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Derived terms

Descendants
  • → Danish: flygel
  • → Esperanto: flugilo
  • → Norwegian Bokmål: flygel
  • → Norwegian Nynorsk: flygel
  • → Swedish: flygel

Further reading
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