# die Angel

die Angel is a German noun meaning “tackle”. Forms: der Angel, die Angeln.

## Forms

- Genitive: der Angel
- Plural: die Angeln

## In other languages

- Русский: удочка
- Українська: вудка

## Noun

1. tackle, fishing rod (angler's tool consisting of hook (Haken), line (Schnur), and rod (Rute))
2. _archaic_ fishhook
3. hinge (a jointed or flexible device that allows the pivoting of a door, window, etc.)
   - Auch die Angeln an den Türen des inneren Hauses, des Allerheiligsten, und an den Türen der Tempelhalle waren aus Gold. — Also the hinges on the doors of the inner house, the Holy of Holies, and on the doors of the temple hall, were of gold.
4. tang (of a sword or knife)

## Noun

1. _historical · in the plural_ Angle (member of a historic Germanic tribe)

## Examples

- Ich habe eine neue Angel gekauft. — I bought a new fishing rod.
- Er weiß, wie man mit einer Angel fischt. — He knows how to fish with a fishing rod.
- Boris schnappte sich die Angel und ging zum Fluß. — Boris grabbed the fishing rod and began walking down to the river.

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