Hämling
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