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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
Noun
zemel f (plural zemelen)
- bran
Descendants
Noun
zemel m (plural zemels, diminutive zemeltje n)
- whiner, blatherer
- Synonym: zemelaar
Verb
zemel
- inflection of zemelen:
- first-person singular present indicative
- (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
- imperative