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Schalmei

German edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German schalemīe; derived from French chalumeau, from Latin calamus.[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ʃalˈmaɪ̯/
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  • Hyphenation: Schal‧mei
  • Rhymes: -aɪ̯

Noun edit

Schalmei f (genitive Schalmei, plural Schalmeien)

  1. (music) shawm
  2. (music) a member of the shawm family

Declension edit

Declension of Schalmei [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Schalmei die Schalmeien
genitive einer der Schalmei der Schalmeien
dative einer der Schalmei den Schalmeien
accusative eine die Schalmei die Schalmeien

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References edit

  1. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Schalmei”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

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