gaff
The word Gaffel / Jaffel denotes the word “ fork ” in Low German / Kölschen - originally as a two-pronged (meat) fork. The following terms were derived from this:
- Gaff as part of the gaff rigging in shipbuilding
- Gaffel (Cologne) , in the plural "Gaffeln", political association of guilds and citizens in the Middle Ages in the free imperial city of Cologne
- Aachen Gaffelbrief , historical constitution of the Free Imperial City of Aachen with the participation of the guilds / gaffs
- Privatbrauerei Gaffel Becker & Co , a Cologne-based private brewery (the main product is Gaffel Kölsch )
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Wiktionary: Gaffel - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
