zemel

Dutch

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch semele, ultimately from Latin simila (“wheat flour”). Cognate with regional German Semmel (“bread roll”).

Noun

zemel f (plural zemelen)

  1. bran
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: semel
    • → Xhosa: semelisi
  • → West Frisian: semel
  • → Sranan Tongo: seimel

Etymology 2

Deverbal from zemelen.

Noun

zemel m (plural zemels, diminutive zemeltje n)

  1. whiner, blatherer
    Synonym: zemelaar

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

zemel

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