geselle

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Middle High German

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German gisello, gisellio, from Proto-Germanic *gasaljô.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (before 13th CE) /ɡəˈs̠ellə/

Noun

geselle m (feminine gesellinne or geselle)

  1. companion, fellow, lover
    Wol dir, geselle guote, daʒ ich ie bî dir gelac.
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  2. journeyman, assistant

Declension

Declension of geselle (masculine, weak)
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein dër geselle die gesellen
genitive eines dës gesellen dër gesellen
dative eime dëm gesellen dën gesellen
accusative einen dën gesellen die gesellen

Descendants

  • Cimbrian: khsell
  • German: Geselle
  • Luxembourgish: Gesell

References

  • Goebel, Ulrich and Oskar Reichmann. Frühneuhochdeutsches Wörterbuch, Walter de Gruyter, 1994.

Middle Low German

Noun

geselle m

  1. journeyman, fellow
  2. companion, comrade, participant; drinking companion
  3. assistant, helper, employee of a merchant
  4. schoolboy, lad, young man
  5. suffix to several trades denoting being in training or apprenticeship (see Related terms)
Derived terms

References

Old English

Pronunciation

Verb

ġeselle

  1. inflection of ġesellan:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. singular present subjunctive
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