Insel

== German == === Alternative forms === Insul (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle High German insel, insele, isele, from Old High German isila, *insila, from Proto-West Germanic *isulā, *insulā, borrowed from Latin *isula, insula (“island”). Native Middle High German words for “island” were ouwe and wert; cf. modern Aue (“meadow by a river”) and Werder (“river island”). Other borrowings were eilant, einlant (from Old Frisian; see Eiland) and the rare īle (from Old French, ultimately from the same Latin word as above). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɪnzəl/, [ˈʔɪn.zl̩], [ˈʔɪn.zəl] === Noun === Insel f (genitive Insel, plural Inseln, diminutive Inselchen n) an island, an isle Synonym: (elevated) Eiland ==== Declension ==== ==== Hyponyms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “Insel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache “Insel” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon “Insel” in Duden online Insel on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de == Hunsrik == === Etymology === From Middle High German insel, from Latin īnsula (“island”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈinsəl/ Rhymes: -insəl Syllabification: In‧sel === Noun === Insel f (plural Insle, diminutive Inselche) island, isle Dääst-du gern in ener Insel wohne? ― Would you like to live on an island? === References === Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Insel”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 82, column 2 == Low German == === Etymology === Ultimately from Latin insula. === Noun === Insel f (plural Inseln) island, isle ==== Synonyms ==== Eiland Warder ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Der neue SASS: Plattdeutsches Wörterbuch, Plattdeutsch - Hochdeutsch, Hochdeutsch - Plattdeutsch. Plattdeutsche Rechtschreibung, sixth revised edition (2011, →ISBN, Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster) == Luxembourgish == === Alternative forms === Ënsel === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈinzel/, [ˈinzəl] === Noun === Insel f (plural Inselen) island == Plautdietsch == === Etymology === Ultimately from Latin insula. === Noun === Insel f (plural Inslen) island