Kessel

• (surname): Kessell

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Kessel (countable and uncountable, plural Kessels)

1. (countable) A surname.
2. A placename
   1. An unincorporated community in Hardy, West Virginia, United States

• (Limburg): Attested with certainty as cassele in 1107. Derived from Latin castellum (“fortress”) with early Germanisation.
• (Noord-Brabant): Attested with certainty as casella in 997. Derived from Latin castellum (“fortress”) with early Germanisation.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɛ.səl/

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• Hyphenation: Kes‧sel
• Rhymes: -ɛsəl

Kessel n

1. A town and former municipality of Limburg, Netherlands.
2. A former village and former municipality of Oss, Noord-Brabant, Netherlands.

• Kesselaar
• Kessels
• Kessel-Eik
• Maren-Kessel
• Alem, Maren en Kessel

• van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “kessel”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

From Middle High German kezzel, from Old High German kezzil, from Proto-West Germanic *katil (“kettle”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɛsəl/

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Kessel m (strong, genitive Kessels, plural Kessel, diminutive Kesselchen n)

1. a solid metal container or pot, often large, used to boil liquids: a kettle, cauldron, boiler, etc.
2. (military, hunting) an area in which the enemy (or game) is encircled; a pocket or besieged area (by extension also the siege itself)

   der Kessel von Stalingrad ― the encirclement at Stalingrad / the siege of Stalingrad

3. (hunting) the lair of certain animals such as fox, badger, rabbit, and wild boar

• The German word can be used of cooking pots, but only when they are unusually large (such as cauldrons used to sell soup at public festivals).
• When referring to teakettles, the German word is restricted to metal ones heated on a cooker/stove. Electric kettles are called Wasserkocher or less often Teekocher.

• kesseln
• kesselförmig

• “Kessel” in Duden online
• “Kessel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰesl̩/

Kessel m (plural Kessel or Kessle)

1. kettle

• Online Hunsrik Dictionary

Borrowed from Dutch Kessel.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkæ.səl/

Kessel n (Veldeke spelling)

1. A village and former municipality of Peel en Maas, Limburg, Netherlands.

   Holonym: Pieël en Maas

From Old High German kezzil, from Proto-Germanic *katilaz. Cognate with German Kessel, Dutch ketel, English kettle, Icelandic ketill.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkæsəl/

Kessel m (plural Kesselen)

1. kettle, cauldron

Compare German Kessel, Dutch ketel, English kettle.

Kessel m (plural Kessle)

1. kettle