Kehle

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German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German kële, from Old High German kela, from Proto-West Germanic *kelā, from Proto-Germanic *kelǭ. Compare English jowl (loose flesh around the cheeks and lower jaw).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkeːlə/
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  • Hyphenation: Keh‧le
  • Rhymes: -eːlə

Noun

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Kehle f (genitive Kehle, plural Kehlen, diminutive Kehlchen n or Kehllein n)

  1. throat
    • 1919, Walther Kabel, Irrende Seelen, Werner Dietsch Verlag, page 87:
      Die Kehle war mir wie ausgetrocknet. Ich konnte die Worte nur noch mühsam hervorquälen.
      My throat felt like it had dried-up. I could only painstakingly force the words out.
  2. (engineering) fillet

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Further reading

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Pennsylvania German

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Noun

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Kehle

  1. plural of Kehl