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Kamel
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kamel
German
Alternative forms
de Kameel obsolete
Etymology
de camel :inh gmh:kemel<ety:bor<gkm:κάμηλος><ar:جَمَل<id:animal>>> :influence la:camēlus 1
de gmh kemel, gmh kemmel, gmh kembel, borrowed during the Crusades from de gkm κάμηλος, probably in part also from de ar جَمَل, which best explains the e-vocalism (as Arabic a is [æ] or even [ɛ] in this word). The modern form with final stress is a 16th-century learned alteration after de la camēlus, itself from de grc -, from a de sem - language. It was accordingly mostly spelt de Kameel until the early 20th century (a spelling then abolished after words like de Klientel, de parallel). An older term for the animal was goh olbenta.
Pronunciation
de /kaˈmeːl/
de De-Kamel.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>)
de eːl
Noun
n,s:es,e Kamelhengst:Kamelbulle Kamelstute:Kamelkuh:in
camel
de informal dated a stupid person
Declension
n,s:es,e
Hyponyms
camel
de einhöckeriges Kamel, de einhöckriges Kamel, de Einhöcker = de Dromedar
de zweihöckeriges Kamel, de zweihöckriges Kamel, de Zweihöcker = de Trampeltier modern strict sense
Derived terms
de Altweltkamel Großkamel Grosskamel kamelartig kamelbuckelig Kameldorn Kameldung Kamelfarm Kamelfohlen Kamelführer Kamelfüllen Kamelfuß Kamelfuss Kamelgras Kamelgrille Kamelhaar Kamelhalter Kamelhaltung Kamelhändler Kamelhengst Kameljockey Kamelkarawane Kamelkorps Kamelkuh Kamelmarkt Kamelmilch Kamelmist Kamelparder Kamelreiten Kamelreiter Kamelrennen Kamelritt Kamelrücken Kamelsattel Kamelspinner Kamelstellung Kamelstute Kameltreiber Kamelwolle Kamelzehe Kamelziege Kamelzucht Kamelzüchter Kamelzug Kleinkamel Lastkamel Neuweltkamel Rennkamel Schiffskamel
Related terms
de Kamelartige Kameldornakazie Kameldornbaum Kamelführerin Kamelfußbaum Kamelfussbaum Kamelhaarbürste kamelhaarfarben Kamelhaarmantel Kamelhaarpinsel Kamelhalsfliege Kamelhalterin Kamelhändlerin Kamelide Kamelmilchschokolade Kamelreiterei Kamelreiterin Kameltreiberin Kamelzahnspinner Kamel-Zahnspinner Kamelzüchterin
Descendants
et kaamel 1
csb kamel 1
sl kamẹ̑la 1
wen - 1
dsb kamel
hsb kamel
See also
de Dromedar Kamelie Kamelopard Trampeltier
Further reading
de
Allgemeines Polyglotten-Lexicon der Natur-Geschichte mit erklärenden Anmerkungen von Philipp Andreas Nemnich, 1793, column 774ff. It mentions that the terms "Kamel" and "Dromedar" were used with different meanings. Then it states that "Dromedar" is more commonly used for the einhöckrige Kamel and suggest using "Trampelthier" for the zweihöckrige Kamel.
Das Kameel und das Trampelthier ["Kameel" = zweihöckriges Kamel; "Trampelthier" = einhöckriges Kamel]. In: Deutsche Dichter. Erläutert von M. W. Götzinger, 1st part, 2nd edition, 1844, page 152.
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