Hämling
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German[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle High German hemling, related to Hammel (“wether, castrated ram”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
Hämling m (strong, genitive Hämlings, plural Hämlinge)
- (uncommon) Synonym of Eunuch
- 1797, August Wilhelm Schlegel, transl., Ein Sommernachtstraum[1], translation of A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, [Act V, scene i]:
- Das Treffen der Kentauren—wird zur Harfe / Von einem Hämling aus Athen gesungen.
- The battle with the Centaurs, to be sung / By an Athenian eunuch to the harp.
Declension[edit]
Declension of Hämling [masculine, strong]
Further reading[edit]
- “Hämling” in Duden online