Pinöpel

German
Der obere Knopf hat in der Mitte einen Pinöpel, der in dem andern Knopf einrastet. — The button above has in its middle a stud, which snaps into the other button.

Alternative forms
  • Pinökel, Pinöppel, Pinöckel

Etymology

Probably from regional Pinne f (“pin, peg, lever”), from Middle Low German pin, pinne, from Old Saxon pin, from Proto-Germanic *pinnaz. Cognate with English pin (whence German Pin m). The second part of the word is perhaps only a fanciful extension or it may go back to some other dialectal word; if the form Pinökel is original, possibly a cognate of Haken (“hook”), häkeln (“to hook; to crochet”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /piˈnøːpəl/

Noun

Pinöpel m (genitive Pinöpels, plural Pinöpel, diminutive Pinöpelchen n)

  1. (colloquial, regional, northern and central Germany) a protrusion or stud of any kind, but especially one designed for some function (in devices, fasteners, packaging, etc.)

Declension
Declension of Pinöpel
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Pinöpel die Pinöpel
genitive eines des Pinöpels der Pinöpel
dative einem dem Pinöpel den Pinöpeln
accusative einen den Pinöpel die Pinöpel
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