Esel
Appearance
Alemannic German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German esel, from Old High German esil, from Proto-West Germanic *asil, a borrowing from Late Latin asellus.
Noun
[edit]Esel m
References
[edit]- Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 76.
German
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German esel, from Old High German esil, from late Proto-West Germanic *asil, which is borrowed from Late Latin asellus.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Esel m (strong, genitive Esels, plural Esel, diminutive Eselchen n or Eselein n, feminine Eselin)
- ass, donkey
- (figurative) a stupid person
- (figurative, chiefly with some adjective such as störrisch) a stubborn person
Declension
[edit]Declension of Esel [masculine, strong]
Derived terms
[edit]- der Esel geht immer voran
- der Esel nennt sich immer zuerst
- ein Esel schilt den andern Langohr
- Eselsbrücke f
- Goldesel
- Eselsohr
- wenn es dem Esel zu wohl ist, geht er aufs Eis tanzen
Descendants
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “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
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle High German esel, from Old High German esil, from Proto-West Germanic *asil. Compare German Esel, Dutch ezel.
Noun
[edit]Esel m (plural Esel)
Synonyms
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