Beutel

Borrowed from German Beutel.

Beutel (plural Beutels)

1. A surname from German.

• 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.

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

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).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔʏ̯təl/, [ˈbɔø̯tl̩]

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• Hyphenation: Beu‧tel

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)

• 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.

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