Assel

See also: assel

Dutch

Etymology

First attested as hasle in 814-815. Etymology uncertain. Possible etymologies include a compound derived from Proto-Germanic *hasi- (“brushwood”) and lo (“light forest”) or a derivation from hazel (“common hazel, Corylus avellana”). A third etymology proposes that the initial H- in the earliest attestations is an insertion and that the toponym may actually derive from as (“European ash, Fraxinus excelsior”). Compare Asselt, Nederasselt and Overasselt.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑ.səl/
  • Hyphenation: As‧sel
  • Rhymes: -ɑsəl

Proper noun

Assel n

  1. a hamlet in Apeldoorn, Gelderland, Netherlands

References

  • van Berkel, Gerard, Samplonius, Kees (2018) Nederlandse plaatsnamen verklaard (in Dutch), Mijnbestseller.nl, →ISBN

German

Alternative forms

  • Atzel

Etymology

From Middle High German esel, somehow related to ëȥȥen (“to eat”).[1]

Pronunciation

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Noun

Assel f (genitive Assel, plural Asseln)

  1. woodlouse, slater, pill bug
  2. (zoology) isopod

Declension

Declension of Assel [feminine]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative eine die Assel die Asseln
genitive einer der Assel der Asseln
dative einer der Assel den Asseln
accusative eine die Assel die Asseln

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “Assel” in Duden online
  • “Assel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “Assel” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  1. ^ Pfeifer, Wolfgang (1979) “Mittellateinisches Wörterbuch und deutsche Etymologie”, in Philologus‎[1], volume 123, numbers 1–2, →DOI, page 173
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