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.

Derived from Latin castellum (“fortress”) with early Germanisation (showing the effects of umlaut and with stress shifted to the first syllable). Doublet of kasteel, Castilië, chateau, castellum, telo, and ketella.

• (Limburg): Attested with certainty as cassele in 1107.
• (Noord-Brabant): Attested with certainty as casella in 997.

• 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, North Brabant, Netherlands

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

• van Berkel, Gerard; Samplonius, Kees (2018), “Kessel”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎^[1] (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

From Middle High German keȥȥel, from Old High German keȥȥil, 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

   1. (informal, law enforcement) ellipsis of Polizeikessel: kettling, a police tactic to surround and contain demonstrators
      • 2024 May 2, Benno Stieber, “Polizeikessel bei 1.Mai-Demo: Stuttgart spielt Kreuzberg”, in Die Tageszeitung: taz‎^[2], →ISSN:

        Der Stuttgarter Kessel am Mittwoch kam schließlich zu einem einigermaßen friedlichen Ende. Eine Spontankundgebung gegen den Polizeieinsatz konnte auf der Königstraße stattfinden und verlief weitgehend gewaltfrei.

        The kettling in Stuttgart eventually came to a reasonably peaceful ending on Wednesday. A spontaneous demonstration against the police operation was able to take place in Königstraße (King Street) and was largely non-violent.

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
• einkesseln
• kesselförmig

• “Kessel” in Duden online
• “Kessel”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[3] (in German)

Inherited from Middle High German keȥȥel, from Old High German keȥȥil, from Proto-West Germanic *katil, from Proto-Germanic *katilaz, possibly borrowed from Latin catīllus (“small bowl”), from catīnus (“food-vessel”) + -lus (diminutive suffix).

• IPA^(key): /ˈkʰesl̩/

Kessel m (plural Kessel or Kessle)

1. kettle

• Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Kessel”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch

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 Middle High German keȥȥel. Cognate with German Kessel, Dutch ketel, English kettle, Icelandic ketill.

• IPA^(key): /ˈkæsəl/

Kessel m (plural Kesselen)

1. kettle, cauldron

From Middle High German keȥȥel.

Kessel m (plural Kessle)

1. kettle