Schnecke
German (Berlin)
/ˈʃnɛkə/
noun
Definitions
- snail, slug
- (slang) An attractive woman; chick.
- The cochlea in the inner ear.
- 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.
Etymology
Inherited from Old High German sneggo inherited from Proto-Germanic *sneggô.
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*sneggô
Gloss
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- Haus German
- Kugel German
- Kugelschnecke German
- Posthorn German
- Posthornschnecke German
- Schneckenhaus German
- Schneckentempo German
- Tempo German
- Zimt German
- Zimtschnecke German
- schneckenartig German
- *sneggô Proto-Germanic
- sneggo Old High German
- snegge Middle High German
- snëgge Middle High German