Kanzel

German

Etymology

From Middle High German kanzel, Old High German cancella (the place set apart for the priests); derived from Late Latin cancellus (grating). Cognate with English chancel.[1]

Noun

Kanzel f (genitive Kanzel, plural Kanzeln)

  1. pulpit; raised, enclosed platform in a church from which a preacher preaches
  2. (aviation) cockpit
  3. (archaic) pulpit, raised desk or stand of a teacher
  4. small, raised, enclosed observation post for a hunter, a police officer observing an intersection, etc

Inflection

Descendants

  • Dutch: kansel
  • Estonian: kantsel
  • Latvian: kancele

References

  1. Kanzel in Kluge's Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, 1891
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