Schnecke
See also: schnecke
German
editEtymology
editFrom Middle High German snëcke, from Old High German sneggo, snecco, from Proto-Germanic *sneggô.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editSchnecke f (genitive Schnecke, plural Schnecken, diminutive Schneckchen n or Schnecklein n)
- snail, slug
- (slang) an attractive woman; chick
- Synonym: Puppe
- (informal) a slow person, sluggard
- the cochlea in the inner ear
- (slang) female genitalia, pussy
- a screw or worm thread
- (lutherie) scroll (the carved wooden spiral at the end of a stringed instrument's fingerboard)
- pastry in the form of a snail
- volute of a column
- Synonym: Volute
- (watches) fusee
- (heraldry, rare) a stylized charge consisting of a tapering spiral inward from the edge to the centre of the shield, somewhat resembling the spiral on a snail's shell or a gurges
- 1897, Archives heraldiques suisses: Schweizer-Archiv für Heraldik. Archivio araldico svizzero, page 115:
- Die beistehende Probe gibt das Facsimile eines Schildes der Familie Rordorf (eine gelbe Schnecke, beginnend oben rechts in rotem Feld) wieder. Die Umrisse und der Rahmen sind schwarz, die Striche an der Schnecke rot ausgeführt […]
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- 1898, Gerster, Die schweizerischen Bibliothekzeichen (Ex-Libris), page 156:
- 1924 (RORDORF) Zürich h f K. 72 : 122. Stehender geharnischter Ritter mit Lanze, Schwert und erhobenem Wappenschild mit Schnecke. Visir geöffnet. Helmzierde mit fünf Pfauenfedern besteckt.
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Declension
editDeclension of Schnecke [feminine]
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editSchnecke f
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