Zettel

German

ein Zettel.

Etymology

Early Modern High German also zeddel, zedel, from Middle High German zedele, zedel, a loan from Italian cedola, via Medieval Latin cedula, schedula from Latin scheda, scida (“strip of papyrus”), ultimately from Ancient Greek σχίδη (skhídē, “splinter, fragment”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈtsɛtəl/, [ˈtsɛtl̩]
• Hyphenation: Zet‧tel

Noun

Zettel m (genitive Zettels, plural Zettel)

1. piece of paper, note written on a small piece of paper
2. collection of remarks, epitome

Declension

declension of Zettel

	singular			plural
m gender	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Zettel	die	Zettel
genitive	eines	des	Zettels	der	Zettel
dative	einem	dem	Zettel	den	Zetteln
accusative	einen	den	Zettel	die	Zettel

Derived terms

• Beipackzettel
• Denkzettel
• Handzettel
• Kassenzettel
• Lohnzettel
• Lottozettel
• Meldezettel
• Merkzettel
• Notizzettel
• Packzettel
• Schmierzettel
• Schummelzettel
• Spickzettel
• Wunschzettel
• Zettelkasten
• Zettelwirtschaft