Zelt

Attested as Zelt (De) in 1913. Etymology unknown.

• IPA^(key): /zɛlt/
• Hyphenation: Zelt
• Rhymes: -ɛlt

Zelt n

1. a hamlet in Oisterwijk, North Brabant, Netherlands

• Afrikaans: Selt

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

From Middle High German zëlt, from Old High German zelt, from Proto-West Germanic *teld, from Proto-Germanic *teldą.

Compare Danish telt (whence English tilt + native teld from Old English teld), Middle Dutch telt, Old Norse tjald (“tent”) (whence Norwegian Bokmål tjeld).

• IPA^(key): /t͡sɛlt/
• Rhymes: -ɛlt

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Zelt n (strong, genitive Zeltes or Zelts, plural Zelte)

1. tent, marquee

   Stellen wir unser Zelt hier auf dieser Wiese auf.

   Let's pitch our tent here in this meadow.

• zelten
• zeltartig

• “Zelt” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Zelt”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

From Middle High German zëlt, from Old High German zelt, from Proto-West Germanic *teld, from Proto-Germanic *teldą.

• IPA^(key): /t͡sælt/

Zelt n (plural Zelter)

1. tent

From Middle High German zëlt, from Old High German zelt, from Proto-West Germanic *teld, from Proto-Germanic *teldą. Compare German Zelt, Old English teld.

Zelt n (plural Zelder)

1. tent

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *teldą.

Zelt f (plural Zelten)

1. tent