Esel
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
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)