Zelter

German

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈt͡sɛltɐ]
  • Hyphenation: Zel‧ter

Etymology 1

From Middle High German zelter, from Old High German zelter, zeltari, borrowed from Latin thieldo, from Basque zaldi (“horse”).[1] Cognate with English tölt.

Noun

Zelter m (strong, genitive Zelters, plural Zelter)

  1. (historical) palfrey (a horse with a smooth, ambling gait, popular in the Middle Ages with nobles and women)
Declension
Declension of Zelter [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Zelter die Zelter
genitive eines des Zelters der Zelter
dative einem dem Zelter den Zeltern
accusative einen den Zelter die Zelter

Further reading

Etymology 2

zelten (“to camp”) +‎ -er

Noun

Zelter m (strong, genitive Zelters, plural Zelter, feminine Zelterin)

  1. camper (person who camps)
Declension
Declension of Zelter [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Zelter die Zelter
genitive eines des Zelters der Zelter
dative einem dem Zelter den Zeltern
accusative einen den Zelter die Zelter

Further reading

References
  1. Friedrich Kluge (1995) “Zelter”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 23rd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 907

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