puckel

Borrowed from German Puckel (regional variation of Buckel), further origin disputed. Possibly related to buckla.

puckel c

1. a hump (on a camel's back, or a deformity of the human back)

• puckelpist (“mogul skiing”)

Deverbal from puckla.

puckel n

1. (colloquial, dated) beating (getting beaten, physically)

• puckla på

• “puckel”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
• “puckel”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “puckel”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• puckel in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)