Esel

== Alemannic German == === Etymology === From Middle High German esel, from Old High German esil, from Proto-West Germanic *asil, a borrowing from Late Latin asellus. === Noun === Esel m (Uri) ass, donkey === References === Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 76. == German == === Etymology === From Middle High German esel, from Old High German esil, from late Proto-West Germanic *asil, which is borrowed from Late Latin asellus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈeːzəl/, [ˈʔeː.zl̩], [-zəl] === Noun === 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 ==== ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Estonian: eesel (or from Middle Low German) → Lower Sorbian: ezel → Tok Pisin: esel === Further reading === “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 == === Etymology === From Middle High German esel, from Old High German esil, from Proto-West Germanic *asil. Compare German Esel, Dutch ezel. === Noun === Esel m (plural Esel) ass, mule ==== Synonyms ==== Langohr