Kachel

Borrowed from German Kachel, metonymic occupational surname for a potter.

Kachel (plural Kachels)

1. A surname from German.

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Kachel is the 34223^rd most common surname in the United States, belonging to 663 individuals. Kachel is most common among White (96.68%) individuals.

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Kachel”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 2, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 263.

• Hackel, hackle

From Middle High German kachel, kachele, from Old High German chachala, from Vulgar Latin *cacculus, from cāccabus (“cooking pot”), from Ancient Greek κάκκαβος (kákkabos, “a pot or a pan”). Cognate with Alemannic German Kakel.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkaxəl/, [ˈkaχəl], [ˈkaχl̩]

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Kachel f (genitive Kachel, plural Kacheln)

1. tile (on walls or floors or stovetops, not roof tile)

   Synonym: Fliese

2. (obsolete) cooking pot, saucepan

   Synonyms: Topf, Kochtopf

3. (obsolete, vulgar) a term of abuse for a woman

   Synonym: Schachtel

• kacheln
• Kachelofen

• → Bulgarian: ка́хел (káhel), ка́хла (káhla)
• → Czech: kachel, kachlík
• → Danish: kakkel
• → Esperanto: kahelo
• → Hungarian: kályha
• → Polish: kafel, kachel, kachła, kahła
• → Kashubian: kachel
• → Russian: ка́фель (káfelʹ)
  • Georgian: კაფელი (ḳapeli)
• → Serbo-Croatian: kȁhla, kȁhl, kȃlj, kȁlj
• → Slovene: kȃhla
• → Slovak: kacheľ, kafeľ, kachľa
• → Swedish: kakel
• → Ukrainian: ка́хель (káxelʹ)

• “Kachel” in Duden online
• “Kachel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Kachel” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
• Newerkla, Stefan Michael (2011) Sprachkontakte Deutsch – Tschechisch – Slowakisch: Wörterbuch der deutschen Lehnwörter im Tschechischen und Slowakischen: historische Entwicklung, Beleglage, bisherige und neue Deutungen (Schriften über Sprachen und Texte; 7) (in German), 2nd edition, Frankfurt: Peter Lang, →ISBN, page 269