English Explanatory Dictionary

Zingel

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Yiddish
noun
  1. A fish of the perch family, found in the Danube, Zingel zingel.

Word forms

Zingel Zingels

Etymology

Transliteration of Yiddish זינגעל (zingel), from Middle High German zingel (“defensive wall”), originally applied to someone who lived near a castle’s outermost wall.

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