zemel

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch semele, ultimately from Latin simila (wheat flour). Cognate with regional German Semmel (bread roll). The noun in the sense of whiner stems from the verb.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈzeː.məl/
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  • Hyphenation: ze‧mel
  • Rhymes: -eːməl

Noun

zemel f (plural zemelen)

  1. bran

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: semel
  • West Frisian: semel
  • Sranan Tongo: seimel

Noun

zemel m (plural zemels, diminutive zemeltje n)

  1. whiner, blatherer
    Synonym: zemelaar

Verb

zemel

  1. inflection of zemelen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative