Spiegel
See also: spiegel
German
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Spiegel (sense 1)
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Spiegel of a deer (sense 5.3)
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈʃpiːɡ(ə)l/
- (Germany)
(file) - (Austria)
(file)
Noun
Spiegel m (genitive Spiegels, plural Spiegel, diminutive Spiegelchen n or Spieglein n)
- 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.
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- level (of a liquid)
- Synonyms: Pegel, Konzentration
- Meeresspiegel ― sea level
- Alkoholspiegel ― alcohol level (amount in blood, for example)
- surface (flat overside or up-side of a liquid)
- Synonym: Wasseroberfläche
- 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)
- white or light-coloured mark (on an animal)
- 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.
- on the wing of a goose, capercaillie, or black cock
- on the hindquarters of deer
- on the forehead of horses and cattle
Declension
Derived terms
- spiegelverkehrt
- Autospiegel
- Blutspiegel (“blood level”)
- Cholesterinspiegel (“blood cholesterol level”)
- Meeresspiegel
- Plasmaspiegel
- Spiegelbild
- Wasserspiegel (“water level”)
- Spiegelei
Related terms
References
- Kluge, Friedrich (1989), “Spiegel”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological dictionary of the German language] (in German), 22nd edition, →ISBN
Further reading
Spiegel (Begriffsklärung) on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de- Spiegel in Duden online
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