Sprengel
German
Etymology
From Middle High German and Middle Low German sprengel (“aspergillum; sprinkling brush; something which can be used to squirt or spray a fluid”), thus related to sprengen (“to squirt, to sprinkle”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈʃpʁɛŋl̩]
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -ɛŋl̩
- Hyphenation: Spren‧gel
Noun
Sprengel m (strong, genitive Sprengels, plural Sprengel)
- aspergillum
- Synonyms: Weihwassersprengel, Aspergill
- parish, diocese
- (obsolete outside Austria) administrative district
Declension
Hypernyms
administration
- Amtsbereich
Further reading
- “Sprengel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Sprengel” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
- “Sprengel” in Duden online
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