Schalmei

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German

Etymology

From Middle High German schalemīe (13th century); from Old French chalemie, from Latin calamellus.[1][2]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʃalˈmaɪ̯/
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  • Hyphenation: Schal‧mei
  • Rhymes: -aɪ̯

Noun

Schalmei f (genitive Schalmei, plural Schalmeien)

  1. (music) shawm
  2. (music) a member of the shawm family

Declension

Declension of Schalmei
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Schalmei die Schalmeien
genitive einer der Schalmei der Schalmeien
dative einer der Schalmei den Schalmeien
accusative eine die Schalmei die Schalmeien

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References

  1. ^ Schalmei. dwds.de, Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Deutschen
  2. ^ Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Schalmei”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

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