æsel

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German esel, from Old Saxon esil, from Proto-West Germanic *asil, from Latin asellus. Largely replaced the inherited Old Norse asni.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɛˀsəl]

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• Rhymes: -ɛˀsəl

Noun

æsel n (singular definite æslet or æselet, plural indefinite æsler)

1. ass, donkey, Equus asinus

Inflection

Declension of æsel

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	æsel	æslet æselet	æsler	æslerne
genitive	æsels	æslets æselets	æslers	æslernes

Derived terms

• hanæsel
• hunæsel

Descendants

• → Faroese: esil

See also

• æsel on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

æsel n

1. (pre-1917) alternative form of esel