drossel

See also: Drossel

English

Alternative forms

• dratchell, drotchel, drotchell

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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• dorsels, rodless, solders

Danish

Etymology

From Middle Low German drossel, from Old Saxon thrōsla, from Proto-West Germanic *þrostlā (“thrush”).

Displaced native Danish trost (“thrush”).

Noun

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

1. thrush (Turdidae)

Declension

Declension of drossel

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	drossel	droslen drosselen	drosler	droslerne
genitive	drossels	droslens drosselens	droslers	droslernes

Synonyms

• trost

Derived terms

• spottedrossel c

References

• “drossel” in Den Danske Ordbog

German

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Verb

drossel

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