Weichsel

Danish

Proper noun

Weichsel

  1. (geography) Vistula (The longest river in Poland)

Synonyms

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈvaɪ̯ksəl/

Etymology 1

Proper noun

Weichsel f (genitive Weichsel)

  1. Vistula (a river, now entirely in Poland, formerly partly in German Prussia)

Etymology 2

From Middle High German wīhsel, from Old High German wīhsila, from Proto-Germanic *wīhsilō, from Proto-Indo-European *weyḱs- (“mistletoe”). Cognate with Russian ви́шня (víšnja, “sour cherry”), Ancient Greek ἰξός (ixós, “mistletoe, birdline”), and Latin viscum (“birdlime”).

Noun

Weichsel f (genitive Weichsel, plural Weichseln)

  1. (as a simplex archaic or dialectal, Bavaria, Austria, Switzerland) sour cherry (fruit of the sour cherry tree)
Declension
Declension of Weichsel
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Weichsel die Weichseln
genitive einer der Weichsel der Weichseln
dative einer der Weichsel den Weichseln
accusative eine die Weichsel die Weichseln
Synonyms
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