# Kessel
## English
### Alternative forms

* (surname): Kessell

### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Proper noun

Kessel (countable and uncountable, plural Kessels)
* (countable) A surname.
* A placename
** An unincorporated community in Hardy, West Virginia, United States

### See also

* Castle

## Dutch
### Etymology

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.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɛ.səl/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: Kes‧sel
* Rhymes: -ɛsəl

### Proper noun

Kessel n
* A town and former municipality of Limburg, Netherlands
* A former village and former municipality of Oss, North Brabant, Netherlands

#### Derived terms

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

### References

* van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) “kessel”, in Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard‎ (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

## German
### Etymology

From Middle High German kezzel, from Old High German kezzil, from Proto-West Germanic *katil (“kettle”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkɛsəl/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

Kessel m (strong, genitive Kessels, plural Kessel, diminutive Kesselchen n)
* a solid metal container or pot, often large, used to boil liquids: a kettle, cauldron, boiler, etc.
* (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
* (hunting) the lair of certain animals such as fox, badger, rabbit, and wild boar

#### Usage notes

* 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.

#### Derived terms

* kesseln
* kesselförmig

#### Related terms

* Braukessel
* Dampfkessel
* Druckkessel
* Gaskessel
* Heizkessel
* Kesselboden
* Kesseldruck
* Kesselhaus
* Kesselschlacht
* Kesselstein
* Kesselwagen
* Kupferkessel
* Polizeikessel
* Stahlkessel
* Teekessel
* Wasserkessel

### Further reading

* “Kessel” in Duden online
* “Kessel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Hunsrik
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkʰesl̩/

### Noun

Kessel m (plural Kessel or Kessle)
* kettle

### Further reading

* Online Hunsrik Dictionary

## Limburgish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch Kessel.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkæ.səl/

### Proper noun

Kessel n (Veldeke spelling)
* A village and former municipality of Peel en Maas, Limburg, Netherlands.
    Holonym: Pieël en Maas

## Luxembourgish
### Etymology

From Old High German kezzil, from Proto-Germanic *katilaz. Cognate with German Kessel, Dutch ketel, English kettle, Icelandic ketill.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈkæsəl/

### Noun

Kessel m (plural Kesselen)
* kettle, cauldron

## Pennsylvania German
### Etymology

Compare German Kessel, Dutch ketel, English kettle.

### Noun

Kessel m (plural Kessle)
* kettle