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Schenkel stands for:
- an area of the lower extremities, see thighs and lower legs
- the two legs of a (flat) angle
- the equally long sides of an isosceles triangle
- the two rods of a compass
- the two edges of a collar, see collar (clothing)
- part of the iron core of transformers, see structure of the three-phase alternating current transformer
Schenkel is the family name of the following people:
- Amaru Reto Schenkel (* 1988), Swiss sprinter
- Andrea Maria Schenkel (* 1962), German writer
- Carl Schenkel (1948–2003), Swiss film director and screenwriter
- Catharina Schenkel (1774–1852), founder from Düren
- Chris Schenkel (1923-2005), American sports reporter
- Daniel Schenkel (1813–1885), German Protestant theologian
- Danny Schenkel (* 1978), Dutch football player
- Ehrenfried Schenkel (1869–1953), Swiss zoologist
- Elmar Schenkel (* 1953), German English scholar, writer and translator
- Georg Schenkel (1886–1954), Lord Mayor of Iserlohn
- Gottfried Schenkel († 1493), Mayor of Heilbronn
- Gotthilf Schenkel (1889–1960), German theologian and politician (SPD)
- Hansueli Schenkel (* 1946), Swiss cameraman
- Hermann Schenkel (* 1948), German draftsman
- Klaus Schenkel (sailor) (* 1939), German sailor
- Klaus Schenkel (fencer) (* 1940), German fencer and fencing trainer
- Lukas Schenkel (* 1984), Swiss football player
- Martin Schenkel (1968–2003), Swiss actor and singer
- Moritz Schenkel (* 1990), German water polo goalkeeper
- Renatus Schenkel (* 1950), German communication scientist
- Roland Schenkel (* 1947), German nuclear physicist
- Ronald Schenkel (* 1964), Swiss journalist and author
- Rudolf Schenkel (1770–1847), merchant from Düren
- Thomas Schenkel (* 1985), German ice hockey player
- Viktor Schenkel (* 1954), German actor
- Werner Schenkel (1938–2013), German civil engineer and civil servant
- Wolfgang Schenkel (* 1936), German Egyptologist
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Wiktionary: Schenkel - explanations of meanings, word origins, synonyms, translations
