Beutel

See also: beutel

English

Etymology

Borrowed from German Beutel.

Proper noun

Beutel (plural Beutels)

1. A surname from German.

Statistics

• According to the 2010 United States Census, Beutel is the 24159^st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1041 individuals. Beutel is most common among White (96.16%) individuals.

Further reading

• Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Beutel”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 1, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 152.

German

Etymology

From Middle High German biutel, from Old High German būtil, from Proto-West Germanic *būdil (“bag, purse”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰew- (“to blow, swell”). Cognate with Dutch buidel, Yiddish בײַטלען (baytlen).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔʏ̯təl/, [ˈbɔø̯tl̩]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: Beu‧tel

Noun

Beutel m (strong, genitive Beutels, plural Beutel, diminutive Beutelchen n)

1. a small to medium-sized bag, usually of fabric

   Der Beutel ist ziemlich voll.

   The bag is quite full.

2. pouch (bag with a drawstring)
3. pouch (body part of a marsupial)

Usage notes

• Bags of paper or plastic are more properly called Tüten, though Beutel can be used as well. Moreover, only Beutel is used in some particular contexts, e.g. Staubsaugerbeutel (“vacuum cleaner bag”), Teebeutel (“tea bag”), etc.

Declension

Declension of Beutel [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Beutel	die	Beutel
genitive	eines	des	Beutels	der	Beutel
dative	einem	dem	Beutel	den	Beuteln
accusative	einen	den	Beutel	die	Beutel

Derived terms

• Beutelmarder
• Beutelmaulwurf
• Beutelmaus
• Beutelmull
• beuteln
• Beutelratte
• Beuteltier
• Beutler
• Brustbeutel
• Einkaufsbeutel
• Gefrierbeutel
• Geldbeutel
• Kulturbeutel
• Müllbeutel
• Nasenbeutler
• Proviantbeutel
• Raubbeutler
• Riesenbeutler
• Teebeutel
• Verpflegungsbeutel
• Windbeutel
• Zugbeutel

 

Further reading

• “Beutel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Beutel” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Beutel” in Duden online