hemmel

English

Etymology

From Scots hemmel, hammel, dialectal English hemble (“hovel, stable, shed”), perhaps allied to Dutch hemel (“heaven, canopy”), German Himmel. Compare English heaven.

Noun

hemmel (plural hemmels)

  1. (Britain, dialect, Northumbria) A shed or hovel for cattle.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for hemmel in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Middle Low German

Etymology

From Old Saxon himil, from Proto-Germanic *himilaz.

Pronunciation

  • (uncertain) IPA(key): /hemːəl/ or IPA(key): /hɛmːəl/

Noun

hemmel m

  1. heaven, sky

Declension

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Alternative forms

Transylvanian Saxon

Noun

hemmel m

  1. Heaven

References

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