Esel
See also: esel and æsel
Alemannic German
Etymology
From Middle High German esel, from Old High German esil, from Proto-West Germanic *asil, a borrowing from Late Latin asellus.
Noun
Esel m
- (Uri) ass, donkey
References
- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 76.
German
Etymology
From Middle High German esel, from Old High German esil, from late Proto-West Germanic *asil, which is borrowed from Late Latin asellus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈeːzəl/, [ˈʔeː.zl̩], [-zəl]
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Noun
Esel m (strong, genitive Esels, plural Esel, diminutive Eselchen n or Eselein n, feminine Eselin)
- ass, donkey
- (figuratively) a stupid person
- (figuratively, chiefly with some adjective such as störrisch) a stubborn person
Declension
Declension of Esel [masculine, strong]
singular | plural | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
indef. | def. | noun | def. | noun | |
nominative | ein | der | Esel | die | Esel |
genitive | eines | des | Esels | der | Esel |
dative | einem | dem | Esel | den | Eseln |
accusative | einen | den | Esel | die | Esel |
Derived terms
- der Esel geht immer voran
- der Esel nennt sich immer zuerst
- ein Esel schilt den andern Langohr
- Eselsbrücke f
- Goldesel
- Eselsohr
Descendants
- → Estonian: eesel (or from Middle Low German)
- → Lower Sorbian: ezel
- → Tok Pisin: esel
Further reading
- “Esel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “Esel” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “Esel” in Duden online
Esel on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
Pennsylvania German
Etymology
From Middle High German esel, from Old High German esil, from Proto-West Germanic *asil. Compare German Esel, Dutch ezel.
Noun
Esel m (plural Esel)
- ass, mule
Synonyms
- Langohr