kachel

See also: Kachel

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkaxɛl]
• Hyphenation: ka‧chel

Noun

kachel m inan (relational adjective kachlový, diminutive kachlík)

1. tile

Declension

Declension of kachel (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	kachel	kachely
genitive	kachelu	kachelů
dative	kachelu	kachelům
accusative	kachel	kachely
vocative	kachele	kachely
locative	kachelu	kachelech
instrumental	kachelem	kachely

Further reading

• “kachel”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “kachel”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “kachel”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2025
• “kachel” in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2017–2025, slovnikcestiny.cz

Dutch

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) kagchel

Etymology

Clipping of kacheloven, a partial calque of German Kachelofen, from Kachel (“tile”) +‎ Ofen (“stove”). The original sense of “tiled stove” has been generalized to any type of stove.

The adjective meaning "drunk" is generally assumed to derive from the noun, although the semantic development is unclear.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑ.xəl/

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• Hyphenation: ka‧chel

Noun

kachel f (plural kachels, diminutive kacheltje n)

1. stove (closed heating device)

   Synonym: stoof

Derived terms

• badkachel
• houtkachel
• kachelpijp
• straalkachel

Descendants

• Negerhollands: kaggel

Adjective

kachel (used only predicatively, comparative meer kachel, superlative meest kachel)

1. (Bargoens) drunk

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

kachel

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

Kashubian

Etymology

Borrowed from German Kachel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.xɛl/
• Rhymes: -axɛl
• Syllabification: ka‧chel

Noun

kachel m inan

1. (rare) tile (for floors and walls)

   Synonyms: kachla, płitka, fliza

Further reading

• Jan Trepczyk (1994) “kafel”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• “kachel”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Polish

Pronunciation

• (Greater Poland):
  • (Kuyavia) IPA^(key): /ˈka.xɛl/
• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Goral):
    • (Żywiec) IPA^(key): /ˈka.xɛl/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Kachelofen.

Noun

kachel m inan

1. (Żywiec) Alternative form of piec

Etymology 2

See kafel.

Noun

kachel m inan

1. (Kuyavia) Alternative form of kafel

Further reading

• Oskar Kolberg (1867) “kachel”, in Dzieła wszystkie: Kujawy (in Polish), page 271
• Izydor Kopernicki (1875) “kachel”, in “Spostrzeżenia nad właściwościami językowémi w mowie Górali Bieskidowych z dodatkiem słowniczka wyrazów góralskich”, in Rozprawy i Sprawozdania z Posiedzeń Wydziału Filologicznego Akademii Umiejętności (I), volume 3, Kraków: Akademia Umiejętności, page 371