Zügel

See also: zügel

German

Etymology

From Middle High German zügel, zugel, from Old High German zugil, from Proto-Germanic *tugilaz (“rein on a horse”), whence also Old Norse tygill, Old English tygel, Dutch teugel. Ultimately derives from Proto-Indo-European *dewk-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡syːɡəl/

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• Hyphenation: Zü‧gel

Noun

Zügel m (strong, genitive Zügels, plural Zügel)

1. rein (used to control a horse)
2. (figurative) restraint, control, check

Declension

Declension of Zügel [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Zügel	die	Zügel
genitive	eines	des	Zügels	der	Zügel
dative	einem	dem	Zügel	den	Zügeln
accusative	einen	den	Zügel	die	Zügel

Derived terms

• zügeln
• ungezügelt
• zügellos

Further reading

• “Zügel” in Duden online
• “Zügel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Zügel”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891