drossel

See also: Drossel

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compare drazel.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdɹɒsəl/

Noun

drossel (plural drossels)

  1. (obsolete) A slut; a hussy.
    • 1602, William Warner, Albion's England:
      Now dwels each Drossell in her Glasse.

References
  • drossel in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German drossel, from Old Saxon thrōsla, from a variant of Proto-Germanic *þurstaz, from Proto-Indo-European *trosdos.

Noun

drossel c (singular definite drosselen or droslen, plural indefinite drosler)

  1. thrush

Inflection
Declension of drossel
common
gender		 Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative drossel droslen
drosselen		 drosler droslerne
genitive drossels droslens
drosselens		 droslers droslernes

References

German

Pronunciation
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Verb

drossel

  1. inflection of drosseln:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. singular imperative
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