# Spiegel
## English
### Alternative forms

* Spegal

### Etymology

From German Spiegel.

### Proper noun

Spiegel (plural Spiegels)
* A surname from German.

## German
### Etymology

From Middle High German spiegel, from Old High German spiegal, spēgal, from Proto-West Germanic *spēgl (“mirror”). Cognate with Hunsrik Spieghel.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʃpiːɡl̩/
* Audio (Germany):(file)
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* Audio (Austria):(file)

### Noun

Spiegel m (strong, genitive Spiegels, plural Spiegel, diminutive Spiegelchen n or Spieglein n)
* mirror (smooth surface, usually made of glass with reflective material painted on the underside, that reflects light)
** 1812, Brüder Grimm, Schneewittchen‎:[…] Sie hatte auch einen Spiegel, vor den trat sie alle Morgen und fragte: / „Spieglein, Spieglein an der Wand: / wer ist die schönste Frau in dem ganzen Land?“She had a Mirror before which she came every morning. She'd ask: Mirror, Mirror, on the wall, who is the fairest Woman in the entire land?"
    Sie hatte einen großen Spiegel. ― She had a large mirror.
* level (of a liquid within a delimited space or a substance in a liquid mixture)
    Synonyms: Pegel, Konzentration
    Meeresspiegel ― sea level
    Alkoholspiegel ― alcohol level (amount in blood, for example)
    Testosteronspiegel ― testosterone level
* surface (flat overside or up-side of a liquid)
    Synonym: Wasseroberfläche
* schematic overview, table (two-dimensional presentation of data)
    Synonym: Tabelle
    Notenspiegel ― transcript (as in a set of notes that mirrors the conversation)
    Gehaltsspiegel ― salary tables (pay levels)
* white or light-coloured mark (on an animal)
** on the forehead of horses and cattle
    Das Pony hatte einen hübsch geformten Spiegel auf der Stirn.The pony had a nicely shaped mark on the forehead.
** on the wing of a goose, capercaillie, or black cock
** on the hindquarters of deer

#### Derived terms

* spiegelartig
* spiegelig
* spiegeln
* Spiegelung
* Spiegelein
* Spiegelchen

#### Related terms

* Alkoholspiegel (“alcohol level”)
* Augenspiegel (“ophthalmoscope”)
* Autospiegel (“car mirror”)
* Blutspiegel (“blood level”)
* Cholesterinspiegel (“blood cholesterol level”)
* Elfenspiegel (“pouch nemesia”)
* Flügelspiegel
* Glasspiegel (“glass mirror”)
* Hauptspiegel
* Kristallspiegel (“crystal mirror”)
* Medaillenspiegel (“medals table”)
* Meeresspiegel (“sea level”)
* Metallspiegel (“metal mirror”)
* Natriumspiegel (“sodium level”)
* Plasmaspiegel (“plasma level”)
* Rückspiegel (“rear-view mirror”)
* Serumspiegel (“serum level”)
* Spiegelbild (“mirror image, reflection”)
* Spiegelebene (“mirror plane”)
* Spiegelfläche (“mirror surface”)
* Spiegelglanz (“mirror finish”)
* spiegelgleich
* Spiegelreflexkamera
* Spiegelsaal
* Spiegelstrich
* spiegelsymmetrisch
* Spiegeltest (“mirror test”)
* spiegelverkehrt (“mirror-inverted”)
* Taschenspiegel (“pocket mirror”)
* Wandspiegel (“wall mirror”)
* Wasserspiegel (“water level”)

#### Descendants

* → Esperanto: spegulo
* → Kashubian: szpédżel
* → Romansch: spievel, spieghel, spejel
* → Russian: с̌пи́гел (špígel)

### References

* ↑ Friedrich Kluge (1989) “Spiegel”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN

### Further reading

* Spiegel (Begriffsklärung) on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{de}$
* “Spiegel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
* “Spiegel” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
* “Spiegel” in Duden online