Sockel

See also: sockel

German

Etymology

Borrowed from French socle, from Italian zoccolo (“wooden shoe”), from Latin socculus, diminutive of soccus (“sock”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzɔkəl/, [ˈzɔkl̩]
  • Audio (Germany (Berlin)):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔkl̩

Noun

Sockel m (strong, genitive Sockels, plural Sockel)

  1. base
  2. pedestal, plinth
    Synonyms: Postament, Piedestal
  3. (electricity) socket, base (clipping of Lampensockel)
  4. (computing) socket for a chip or CPU
    Synonym: Fassung

Declension

Declension of Sockel [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Sockel die Sockel
genitive eines des Sockels der Sockel
dative einem dem Sockel den Sockeln
accusative einen den Sockel die Sockel

Hyponyms

base, pedestal
  • Denkmalssockel
  • Festlandsockel
  • Granitsockel
  • Marmorsockel
  • Zementsockel
  • Edisonsockel (“Edison screw”)
  • Lampensockel (“lightbulb socket”)
  • Schraubsockel (“screw base”)
  • Prozessorsockel

Derived terms

  • sockelartig
  • Sockelbetrag
  • Sockeldämmung
  • Sockelfuß
  • Sockelleiste
  • Sockelprofil

Descendants

  • → Icelandic: sökkull
  • → Norwegian: sokkel
  • → Russian: цо́коль (cókolʹ)
  • → Serbo-Croatian:
    Cyrillic script: со̀кл, цо̀кл
    Latin script: sòkl, còkl
  • → Swedish: sockel

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