esel

See also: Esel and æsel

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch ezel.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɪə.səl/

Noun

esel (plural esels, diminutive eseltjie)

  1. donkey, ass
    Synonym: donkie

Hungarian

Etymology

esik +‎ -el

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɛʃɛl]
  • Hyphenation: esel

Verb

esel

  1. second-person singular indicative present indefinite of esik

Middle Dutch

Etymology

From Old Dutch esil, from Late Latin asellus.

Noun

ēsel m

  1. donkey
  2. fool, idiot

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

  • Dutch: ezel
  • Limburgish: aezel

Further reading

  • “esel”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
  • “esel”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, 1929

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German esel, from Old Saxon esil, from late Proto-Germanic *asiluz, from Latin asellus, from Late Latin asellus (“ass, donkey”).

Noun

esel n (definite singular eselet or eslet, indefinite plural esel or esler, definite plural esla or eslene)

  1. a donkey or ass (a domestic or wild animal)

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German esel, from Old Saxon esil, from late Proto-Germanic *asiluz, from Latin asellus, from Late Latin asellus (“ass, donkey”).

Noun

esel n (definite singular eselet, indefinite plural esel, definite plural esla)

  1. a donkey or ass
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