Weichsel

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Danish

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Proper noun

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Weichsel

  1. Vistula (The longest river in Poland and erewhile a river of Prussia, which flows into the Baltic Sea)

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German

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈvaɪ̯ksəl/
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Etymology 1

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16th century, from Middle Low German Wissel, from Proto-Slavic *Visъla. The form is probably due to analogy: as wissel(-bēre) is also the Low German form of the fruit in etymology 2 below, the river name was adapted to High German accordingly.

Proper noun

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die Weichsel f (proper noun, usually definite, definite genitive der Weichsel)

  1. Vistula (the longest river in Poland and erewhile a river of Prussia, which flows into the Baltic Sea)

Etymology 2

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From Middle High German wīhsel, from Old High German wīhsila, from Proto-Germanic *wīhsilō.

Noun

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Weichsel f (genitive Weichsel, plural Weichseln)

  1. (now Bavaria, Austria, Switzerland) sour cherry (fruit of the sour cherry tree)
    Synonyms: (predominant) Sauerkirsche; Weichselkirsche
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Further reading

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  • Weichsel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache