spatel

Borrowed from German Spatel (“painting knife, spatula”), from Latin spatula, diminutive of Latin spatha (“spattle, shovel”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈsbæˀdəl]

spatel c (singular definite spatlen or spatelen, plural indefinite spatler)

1. spatula
2. filling knife/stopping knife
3. scraper
4. putty knife

• “spatel” in Den Danske Ordbog
• “spatel” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog

From Latin spatula (“a flat piece”), which is a diminutive of the Latin spatha (“broad or flat tool”), itself coming from the Ancient Greek σπάθη (spáthē, “a broad wood or metal blade”).

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• Rhymes: -aːtəl

spatel m or f (plural spatels, diminutive spateltje)

1. spatula

spatel c

2. (chemistry) a spatula
4. a tongue depressor, (UK) a spatula

   Synonym: tungspatel

• palettkniv (“palette knife”)
• spackel (“putty knife”)

• spatel in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• spatel in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• spatel in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)