Bengel

See also: bengel

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Bengel.

Proper noun

Bengel (plural Bengels)

A surname from German.

Statistics

According to the 2010 United States Census, Bengel is the 37899^th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 586 individuals. Bengel is most common among White (93.34%) individuals.

Further reading

Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Bengel”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York City: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 136.

German

Etymology

From Middle High German bengel, from Old High German *bengil (“club", "stick", "hammer”), from Proto-West Germanic *bangil, from Proto-Germanic *bangilaz (“club, hammer”), from Proto-Germanic *bang- (“to beat”).

Pronunciation

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Noun

Bengel m (strong, genitive Bengels, plural Bengel)

(archaic) a club wielded as a weapon
Synonyms: Keule, Kolbe
a young rascal
(derogatory or endearing)[1] a knave, a boy
Synonym: Knabe

Declension

Declension of Bengel [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Bengel	die	Bengel
genitive	eines	des	Bengels	der	Bengel
dative	einem	dem	Bengel	den	Bengeln
accusative	einen	den	Bengel	die	Bengel

Derived terms

bengelhaft

Descendants

→ Kashubian: bëniel

References

DWDS

Further reading

“Bengel” in Duden online
“Bengel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

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