geselle

Middle High German

Etymology

Inherited from Old High German gisello, gisellio, from Proto-Germanic *gasaljô.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ɡəˈs̠ellə/

Noun

geselle m (feminine gesellinne or geselle)

1. companion, fellow, lover

   Wol dir, geselle guote, daʒ ich ie bî dir gelac.

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2. journeyman, assistant

Declension

Declension of geselle (masculine, weak)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	dër	geselle	die	gesellen
genitive	eines	dës	gesellen	dër	gesellen
dative	eime	dëm	gesellen	dën	gesellen
accusative	einen	dën	gesellen	die	gesellen

Descendants

• Cimbrian: khsell
• German: Geselle
• Luxembourgish: Gesell

References

• Goebel, Ulrich and Oskar Reichmann. Frühneuhochdeutsches Wörterbuch, Walter de Gruyter, 1994.

Middle Low German

Noun

geselle m

1. journeyman, fellow
2. companion, comrade, participant; drinking companion
3. assistant, helper, employee of a merchant
4. schoolboy, lad, young man
5. suffix to several trades denoting being in training or apprenticeship (see Related terms)

Related terms

Derived terms

• abbetekergeselle
• ambachtgeselle
• beckæregeselle
• berchgeselle
• bōtesgeselle
• drückæregeselle
• ēgeselle
• ēselgeselle
• ētgeselle
• grōpengētæregeselle
• halfgeselle
• hantwerkesgeselle
• hofgeselle
• hȫtkergeselle
• īslandesvāræregeselle
• jūdasgeselle
• korkenmākæregeselle
• körsenæregeselle
• körsenewrechtengeselle
• krāmæregeselle
• mēdegeselle
• mēstergeselle
• nātelæregeselle
• ōltgeselle
• ōrtgeselle
• parlenstickæregeselle
• pelsæregeselle
• prēstergeselle
• rādesgeselle
• rātgeselle
• rēmensnīdæregeselle
• rēpæregeselle
• rēipæregeselle
• rotgeselle
• rǖtæregeselle
• schenkgeselle
• schēpesgeselle
• schōgeselle
• schōlegeselle
• schüttegeselle
• sēmischgēræregeselle
• smēdegeselle
• snīdæregeselle
• snīdæresgeselle
• sniddekæregeselle
• spētgeselle
• sūpgeselle
• tērgeselle
• timbergeselle
• verwæregeselle
• vörbundesgeselle
• vōtgeselle
• vrīgeselle

References

• Köbler, Gerhard, Mittelniederdeutsches Wörterbuch (3rd edition 2014)

Old English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /jeˈsel.le/, [jeˈseɫ.ɫe]

Verb

ġeselle

1. inflection of ġesellan:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. singular present subjunctive