Esel

From Middle High German esel, from Old High German esil, from Proto-West Germanic *asil, a borrowing from Late Latin asellus.

Esel m

1. (Uri) ass, donkey

• Abegg, Emil, (1911) Die Mundart von Urseren (Beiträge zur Schweizerdeutschen Grammatik. IV.) [The Dialect of Urseren], Frauenfeld, Switzerland: Huber & Co., page 76.

From Middle High German esel, from Old High German esil, from late Proto-West Germanic *asil, which is borrowed from Late Latin asellus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈeːzəl/, [ˈʔeː.zl̩], [-zəl]

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Esel m (strong, genitive Esels, plural Esel, diminutive Eselchen n or Eselein n, feminine Eselin)

1. ass, donkey
2. (figurative) a stupid person
3. (figurative, chiefly with some adjective such as störrisch) a stubborn person

• → Estonian: eesel (or from Middle Low German)
• → Lower Sorbian: ezel
• → Tok Pisin: esel

• “Esel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “Esel” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “Esel” in Duden online
• Esel on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^de

From Middle High German esel, from Old High German esil, from Proto-West Germanic *asil. Compare German Esel, Dutch ezel.

Esel m (plural Esel)

1. ass, mule

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