Zelt

See also: zelt

German

Etymology

From Old High German zelt, from Proto-Germanic *teldą. Compare Danish telt (whence English tilt + native tild from Old English teld), Middle Dutch telt, Old Norse tjald (“tent”) (whence Norwegian Bokmål tjeld).

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -ɛlt

Noun

Zelt n (genitive Zeltes, plural Zelte)

1. tent, marquee

Declension

Declension of Zelt

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Zelt	die	Zelte
genitive	eines	des	Zeltes, Zelts	der	Zelte
dative	einem	dem	Zelt, Zelte1	den	Zelten
accusative	einen	den	Zelt	die	Zelte

¹Now uncommon, see notes

Derived terms

• Campingzelt
• Festzelt
• Indianerzelt
• Leichtzelt
• Vorzelt
• Zeltboden
• Zeltdach
• Zeltdachspinne
• zelten
• Zeltlager
• Zeltplane
• Zeltplatz
• Zeltstange
• Zirkuszelt

 

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Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Old High German zelt, from Proto-Germanic *teldą.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡sælt/

Noun

Zelt n (plural Zelter)

1. tent

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Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German Zelt, Old English teld.

Noun

Zelt n (plural Zelder)

1. tent

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Plautdietsch

Noun

Zelt f (plural Zelten)

1. tent