zedel

Middle High German

FWOTD – 4 July 2015

Alternative forms

• zedele
• zetel
• zeddel (Central German)
• zettel (15th c. Upper German)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin schedula. Loaned by the later 13th century in the original feminine, but by the early 14th century also occasionally used in the masculine, and by the 15th century also in the neuter gender.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɛ.dəl/, IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɛ.də.lə/, IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɛ.təl/

Noun

zedel f (zedel m, zedel n)

1. strip of paper
   • 1314 ein niuwe zedel lanc nam sie ûȥ einem schrîn ("she took a new, long strip of paper from a shrine") Johann von Würzburg, Wilhelm von Österreich, ed. E. Regel, Berlin 1906, line 17b.
   • 1411 ich bedorft gar ainer langen zedel, solt ich sagen, wie ("if I had to explain the how, I would be in need of a very long strip of paper") Hans Vintler, Blumen der Tugend, ed. I. V. Zingerle, Innsbruck, 1874, line 6668.
   • 1471 er vorsigillîrte die zedelen alle drîe ("he signed on all three pages") Heinrich Steinhowel, Apollonius von Tyrus ed. Schröder, Leipzig (1872), 41,34.
2. written record, memory
   • c. 1270: daȥ er des menschen sünden tilget ab der zedele ("that he may erase the sins of man from the record") Der jüngere Titurel ed. K. A. Hahn, Quedlinburg/Leipzig, 1842, line 330.
   • 14th century: ach minne, lieb mich der zarten edelen in ires herzen zedelen ("ah, love, let me be pleasing to the tender, noble one in her heart's pages") Die Minneburg ed. H. Pyritz, Berlin 1950, 23b.

Declension

Declension of zedel (feminine, class 2 strong)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	diu	zedel	die	zedele
genitive	einer	dër	zedele, zedel	dër	zedele
dative	einer	dër	zedele, zedel	dën	zedelen
accusative	eine	die	zedel	die	zedele

Declension of zedel (masculine, class 1 strong)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	dër	zedel	die	zedel, zedele
genitive	eines	dës	zedels, zedeles	dër	zedel, zedele
dative	eime	dëm	zedel, zedele	dën	zedeln, zedelen
accusative	einen	dën	zedel	die	zedel, zedele

Declension of zedel (feminine, class 1 strong)

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	daȥ	zedel	diu	zedel
genitive	eines	dës	zedels, zedeles	dër	zedel, zedele
dative	eime	dëm	zedel, zedele	dën	zedeln, zedelen
accusative	ein	daȥ	zedel	diu	zedel

Descendants

• Bavarian:

  Cimbrian: zettl

  Mòcheno: zettl

• German: Zettel
  • → Hungarian: cetli
• Hunsrik: Zettel
• Luxembourgish: Ziedel

References

• G.F. Benecke, W. Müller, F. Zarncke, Mittelhochdeutsches Wörterbuch , Leipzig, 1854–1861 (reprinted 1866, 1963, 1990), III. 860a.

Volapük

Noun

zedel (nominative plural zedels)

1. noon, midday

Declension

declension of zedel

	singular	plural
nominative	zedel	zedels
genitive	zedela	zedelas
dative	zedele	zedeles
accusative	zedeli	zedelis
vocative 1	o zedel!	o zedels!
predicative 2	zedelu	zedelus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only