Message: "Meaning of Zinkl?"

Meaning of Zinkl?

by A. Zinkl (guest)

8/18/2004, 9:54 PM

I just got married and was wondering if my new last name "Zinkl" means anything in another language? Thanks!

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- A. Zinkl (guest)

9/15/2004, 8:30 PM

Thanks for your input!

- M.S (guest) +4

8/20/2004, 9:50 AM

At the moment this surname exists in Germany. in the past it existed also in Germany and in Bohemia (Chech Republic).
In Germany it seems to be a rather regional surname, less than 1000 persons.
It doesn't appear in any dictionary.

- Anon. (guest) +3

8/21/2004, 9:11 AM

Grimm's Woerterbuch contains 4 meanings for 'Zinkel':
1. young, flexible tree-branch ('Zinken' means branch)
2. cowbell
3. 'Emporbuehne', no idea what that is
4. a type of leather bag
http://www.dwb.uni-trier.de/index.html

- beata (guest) +1

8/21/2004, 7:14 PM

emporbuehne

Empor is a gallery
Buehne (usually spelled with umlauts instead of an e) refers to a theatrical stage
So my guess is Emporbuehne would mean a gallery stage.

- Anon. (guest)

8/22/2004, 2:51 PM

I guess Buehne is here used in the sense of 'Geruest, Gebaelk', because it specifically means a wooden gallery inside a church with additional seating area for the congregation ('Empore').
Not a likely source for a surname but I suppose nothing is impossible...

- M.S (guest)

8/21/2004, 10:02 AM

But I wonder if Zinkl is not a bohemian surname of Slavic origin.

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