Spiegel

From German Spiegel

Spiegel

1. A surname​.

From Middle High German spiegel, from Old High German spiegal or spēgal, from Medieval Latin speglum, from Latin speculum. Cognate with German Low German Spegel, Dutch spiegel[1], Hunsrik Spieghel.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʃpiːɡ(ə)l/
• (Germany)

  (file)

• (Austria)

  (file)

Spiegel m (genitive Spiegels, plural Spiegel, diminutive Spiegelchen n or Spieglein n)

1. mirror (smooth surface, usually made of glass with reflective material painted on the underside, that reflects light)
   • 1812, Brüder Grimm, Sneewittchen:

     […] Sie hatte auch einen Spiegel, vor den trat sie alle Morgen und fragte: / „Spieglein, Spieglein an der Wand: / wer ist die schönste Frau in dem ganzen Land?“ […]

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   Sie hatte einen großen Spiegel. ― She had a large mirror.

2. level (of a liquid)

   Synonyms: Pegel, Konzentration

   Meeresspiegel ― sea level

   Alkoholspiegel ― alcohol level (amount in blood, for example)

3. surface (flat overside or up-side of a liquid)

   Synonym: Wasseroberfläche

4. schematic overview, table (two-dimensional presentation of data)

   Synonym: Tabelle

   Notenspiegel ― transcript (as in a set of notes that mirrors the conversation)

   Gehaltsspiegel ― salary tables (pay levels)

5. white or light-coloured mark (on an animal)
   1. on the forehead of horses and cattle

      Das Pony hatte einen hübsch geformten Spiegel auf der Stirn.

      The pony had a nicely shaped mark on the forehead.

   2. on the wing of a goose, capercaillie, or black cock
   3. on the hindquarters of deer

• spiegelverkehrt
• Autospiegel
• Blutspiegel (“blood level”)
• Cholesterinspiegel (“blood cholesterol level”)
• Meeresspiegel
• Plasmaspiegel
• Spiegelbild
• Wasserspiegel (“water level”)
• Spiegelei

• spiegeln

• Spiegel (Begriffsklärung) on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de
• Spiegel in Duden online