Noun: Zettel
Gender: Masculine
Hyphenation:
Nominative
Indefinite
| Singular | ein Zettel |
| Plural | Zettel |
Definite
| Singular | der Zettel |
| Plural | die Zettel |
Genitive
Indefinite
| Singular | eines Zettels |
| Plural | Zettel |
Definite
| Singular | des Zettels |
| Plural | der Zettel |
Dative
Indefinite
| Singular | einem Zettel |
| Plural | Zetteln |
Definite
| Singular | dem Zettel |
| Plural | den Zetteln |
Accusative
Indefinite
| Singular | einen Zettel |
| Plural | Zettel |
Definite
| Singular | den Zettel |
| Plural | die Zettel |
Sample Sentences
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der schutzengel [...] sträuet etliche zettele nider, darauf schöne sprüch aus heiliger schrift wider die hoffart (the guardian angel scatters a number of loose pages from above, on which are fine sayings from the holy writ against the sin of pride) [1635, Jacob Bidermann, Cenodoxus, page 71:]
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1511, Albrecht von Eyb, Spiegel der Sitten, Augsburg, 92v. (O 2b) (he [Constantine] took such letters of complaint [against the bishops], burned them, and said …)
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Gut. Ich bekam einen Zettel: ich sollte um ein Uhr in der Salpêtrère sein. Ich war dort. (The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge) [1910, Rainer Maria Rilke, Die Aufzeichnungen des Malte Laurids Brigge [The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge]:]
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1725, Chr. Thomasius, Gedanken und Erinnerungen, Marburg, 3, 104 (nevertheless Mr. d. Pf. had my poster taken down from the [university's] bulletin board)
Nouns inflected like Zettel
Flugsaurier,
Wellness-Center,
Kampfradler,
Weichspüler,
Hackschnitzel,
Muschilecker,
Spiralbohrer,
Korbmacher,
Fabeldichter,
Rosinenpicker,
Gründungsgesellschafter,
Fahrradfahrer,
Chelatbildner,
Meteoritenschauer,
Dansweiler,
Brixener,
Landsberger,
Schwertel,
Eichelhäher,
Mühlenberger, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. From Early New High German zeddel, zedel, from Middle High German zedele, zedel, a loan from Italian cedola, from Medieval Latin cedula, schedula, the diminutive of scheda, scida (“strip of papyrus”) ultimately from Ancient Greek σχίδη (skhídē, “splinter, fragment”). Cognate to Low German Zeddel, Palatine Rhine Franconian Zeddel, English schedule.
2. The spelling with -tt- was found from the 15th century in Upper German; the spelling with -dd- persisted until the 19th century, primarily in authors from Central or Northern Germany. Luther mostly writes zedel, Goethe alternates between zeddel and zettel. The (now obsolete) spelling variant zettul is influenced by French cédule.
3. Occasional weak inflection was found in Middle High German and persisted into the 18th century. The original feminine gender was retained until Luther's time, but occasional masculine or neuter gender was found by the late Middle High German period. The masculine gender has predominated since the 19th century. See: Italian Nouns '
cedola', English Nouns '
schedule', French Nouns '
cédule'.
Verbs referencing "Zettel"
Icelandic Nouns
seðill, Swedish Nouns
sedel, Danish Nouns
seddel, Norwegian Nynorsk Nouns
setel, Hungarian Nouns
cetli, Romanian Nouns
țidulă.
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