Keule

From Middle High German kiule, kūle, from Old High German *kiulia, *kūla, from Proto-West Germanic *kiulijā, *kūlā, from Proto-Germanic *kiulijǭ, *kūlǭ, from Proto-Indo-European *gewl- (“vessel; club”), from *gew- (“to bend, arch”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈkɔɪ̯.lə]

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Keule f (genitive Keule, plural Keulen)

1. club (weapon or for juggling)

   Synonyms: Knüppel, Knüttel, Prügel

2. pestle

   Synonyms: Stößel, Pistill

3. leg (of animal, eaten as meat)

   Synonym: Schlägel

4. (colloquial, regional) brother, thus dude, mate

   Synonyms: Alter, Bruder, Kumpel

   • 2000, “Da Draussen”, in Fettes Brot für die Welt, performed by Fettes Brot:

     Also Keule denk nach über einen Neuanfang / Weil selbst erfrorene Ohren Feuer fangen bei unserem Schleudergang

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• Entenkeule
• Gänsenkeule
• Hähnchenkeule
• Hasenkeule
• Mörserkeule
• Rehkeule

• keulenartig
• keulenförmig

• “Keule” in Duden online
• “Keule” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Keule”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891