Flügel

From Middle High German vlügel, from Old High German *flugil, from Proto-Germanic *flugilaz. Cognate with Yiddish פֿליגל‎ (fligl), Dutch vleugel, Middle Low German vlȫgel.

The use for the grand piano (18th c.) is due to the similarity in form to a bird’s wing.

• IPA^(key): /ˈflyːɡəl/, [ˈflyːɡl̩], [-ɡəl]

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• Hyphenation: Flü‧gel

Flügel m (strong, genitive Flügels, plural Flügel, diminutive Flügelchen n or Flüglein n)

1. wing (of a bird, airplane, etc.)
2. wing (of a door, window, windmill, etc.)
3. wing (lateral part, especially of a building)
4. (music) grand piano
   • 1931, Arthur Schnitzler, Flucht in die Finsternis, S. Fischer Verlag, page 14:

     Er begab sich ins Klavierzimmer, griff ein paar Akkorde auf dem verstimmten Flügel, verließ aber bald wieder den Raum, [...]

     He went to the piano room, struck a few chords on the out-of-tune grand piano, but soon left the room again, [...]

5. (chiefly as Flügelchen) Short for Schwimmflügel (“water wing, armband, swimmy”).

• → Esperanto: flugilo

• “Flügel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Flügel” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Flügel” in Duden online
• “Flügel” in OpenThesaurus.de
• Flügel on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de