Zelter

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German[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡sɛltɐ]
  • Hyphenation: Zel‧ter

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle High German zelter, from Old High German zelter, zeltari, borrowed from Latin thieldo, from Basque zaldi (horse).[1] Cognate with English tölt.

Noun[edit]

Zelter m (strong, genitive Zelters, plural Zelter)

  1. (historical) palfrey (a horse with a smooth, ambling gait, popular in the Middle Ages with nobles and women)
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Etymology 2[edit]

zelten (to camp) +‎ -er

Noun[edit]

Zelter m (strong, genitive Zelters, plural Zelter, feminine Zelterin)

  1. camper (person who camps)
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References[edit]

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1995) “Zelter”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 23rd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 907

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