geselle

Middle High German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (before 13^th CE) /ɡəˈs̠elːə/

Noun

geselle m (feminine gesellinne or geselle)

companion, fellow, lover
Wol dir, geselle guote, daʒ ich ie bî dir gelac.
(please add an English translation of this usage example)
journeyman, assistant

Declension

Declension of geselle (weak masculine)

	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

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

Related terms

Derived terms

References

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

Old English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /jeˈsel.le/, [jeˈseɫ.ɫe]

Verb

ġeselle

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

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