Kachel

See also: kachel

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kachel, metonymic occupational surname for a potter.

Proper noun

Kachel (plural Kachels)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Kachel is the 34223^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 663 individuals. Kachel is most common among White (96.68%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kachel”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 263.

Anagrams

• Hackel, hackle

German

Etymology

From Middle High German kachel, kachele, from Old High German chachala, from Vulgar Latin *cacculus, from cāccabus (“cooking pot”), from Ancient Greek κάκκαβος (kákkabos, “a pot or a pan”). Cognate with Alemannic German Kakel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaxəl/, [ˈkaχəl], [ˈkaχl̩]

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

Kachel f (genitive Kachel, plural Kacheln)

1. tile (on walls or floors or stovetops, not roof tile)

   Synonym: Fliese

2. (obsolete) cooking pot, saucepan

   Synonyms: Topf, Kochtopf

3. (obsolete, vulgar) a term of abuse for a woman

   Synonym: Schachtel

Declension

Declension of Kachel [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Kachel	die	Kacheln
genitive	einer	der	Kachel	der	Kacheln
dative	einer	der	Kachel	den	Kacheln
accusative	eine	die	Kachel	die	Kacheln

Derived terms

• kacheln
• Kachelofen

Descendants

• → Bulgarian: ка́хел (káhel), ка́хла (káhla)
• → Czech: kachel, kachlík
• → Danish: kakkel
• → Hungarian: kályha
• → Polish: kafel, kachel, kachła, kahła
• → Kashubian: kachel
• → Russian: ка́фель (káfelʹ)
  • Georgian: კაფელი (ḳapeli)
• → Serbo-Croatian: kȁhla, kȁhl, kȃlj, kȁlj
• → Slovene: kȃhla
• → Slovak: kacheľ, kafeľ, kachľa
• → Swedish: kakel
• → Ukrainian: ка́хель (káxelʹ)

Further reading

• “Kachel” in Duden online
• “Kachel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Kachel” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• Newerkla, Stefan Michael (2011) Sprachkontakte Deutsch – Tschechisch – Slowakisch: Wörterbuch der deutschen Lehnwörter im Tschechischen und Slowakischen: historische Entwicklung, Beleglage, bisherige und neue Deutungen (Schriften über Sprachen und Texte; 7) (in German), 2nd edition, Frankfurt: Peter Lang, →ISBN, page 269