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Insel

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German

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From Middle High German insel, insele, isele, from Old High German isila, *insila, from Proto-West Germanic *isulā, *insulā, borrowed from Latin *isula, insula (island).

    Native Middle High German words for “island” were ouwe and wert; cf. modern Aue (meadow by a river) and Werder (river island). Other borrowings were eilant, einlant (from Old Frisian; see Eiland) and the rare īle (from Old French, ultimately from the same Latin word as above).

    Pronunciation

    Noun

    Insel f (genitive Insel, plural Inseln, diminutive Inselchen n)

    1. an island, an isle
      Synonym: (elevated) Eiland

    Declension

    Hyponyms

    Further reading

    • Insel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
    • Insel” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
    • Insel” in Duden online
    • Insel on the German Wikipedia.Wikipedia de
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    Hunsrik

    Etymology

    From Middle High German insel, from Latin īnsula (island).

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈinsəl/
    • Rhymes: -insəl
    • Syllabification: In‧sel

    Noun

    Insel f (plural Insle, diminutive Inselche)

    1. island, isle
      Dääst-du gern in ener Insel wohne?Would you like to live on an island?

    References

    • Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Insel”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 82, column 2
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    Low German

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    Etymology

    Ultimately from Latin insula.

    Noun

    Insel f (plural Inseln)

    1. island, isle

    Synonyms

    Derived terms

    Terms derived from Insel "island"
    • Ferieninsel
    • Galápagos-Inseln
    • Halfinsel (Halfeiland)
    • Insel Grootbritannien
    • Inselbagen
    • Inselbahn
    • Inselbeseuker
      • Inselbeseukerin
      • Inselbeseukersch
      • Inselbeseukersche
    • Inselbesöker
      • Inselbesökerin
      • Inselbesökersch
      • Inselbesökersche
    • Inselbogen
    • Inselbohn
    • Inselbult
    • Inselbulten
    • Inseldörp
    • Inseldörpen
    • Inseldörper
    • Inselenn
    • Inselgemeen
    • Inselgemeend
    • Inselgemeende
    • Inselgrupp
    • Inselkeed
    • Inselkääd
    • Inselnaam
    • Inselnoom
    • Inseloort
    • Inselpublikum
    • Inselregion
    • Inselstaat
    • Inselstaten
    • Inselsteed
    • Inselwelt
    • Inselöörd
    • Karibikinsel
    • lütt Insel
    • lütte Insel
    • lüttje Insel
    • Naverinsel
    • Noordseeinsel
    • Noverinsel
    • Oostseeinsel

    References

    • Der neue SASS: Plattdeutsches Wörterbuch, Plattdeutsch - Hochdeutsch, Hochdeutsch - Plattdeutsch. Plattdeutsche Rechtschreibung, sixth revised edition (2011, →ISBN, Wachholtz Verlag, Neumünster)
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    Luxembourgish

    Alternative forms

    • Ënsel

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈinzel/, [ˈinzəl]

    Noun

    Insel f (plural Inselen)

    1. island

    Plautdietsch

    Etymology

    Ultimately from Latin insula.

    Noun

    Insel f (plural Inslen)

    1. island

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