"Zelter" meaning in German

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Noun

IPA: [ˈt͡sɛltɐ] Audio: De-Zelter.ogg
Etymology: From Middle High German zelter, from Old High German zelter, zeltari, borrowed from Latin thieldo, from Basque zaldi (“horse”). Cognate with English tölt. Etymology templates: {{inh|de|gmh|zelter}} Middle High German zelter, {{inh|de|goh|zelter}} Old High German zelter, {{der|de|la|thieldo}} Latin thieldo, {{der|de|eu|zaldi|t=horse}} Basque zaldi (“horse”), {{cog|en|tölt}} English tölt Head templates: {{de-noun|m}} Zelter m (strong, genitive Zelters, plural Zelter) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m}} Forms: Zelters [genitive], Zelter [plural], strong [table-tags], Zelter [nominative, singular], Zelter [definite, nominative, plural], Zelters [genitive, singular], Zelter [definite, genitive, plural], Zelter [dative, singular], Zeltern [dative, definite, plural], Zelter [accusative, singular], Zelter [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. (historical) palfrey (a horse with a smooth, ambling gait, popular in the Middle Ages with nobles and women) Tags: historical, masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Zelter-de-noun-Gz1OxsJN Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header, German terms suffixed with -er, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Horses Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 86 14 Disambiguation of German terms suffixed with -er: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 96 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 96 4 Disambiguation of Horses: 83 17
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: [ˈt͡sɛltɐ] Audio: De-Zelter.ogg
Etymology: zelten (“to camp”) + -er Etymology templates: {{suffix|de|zelten|er|t1=to camp}} zelten (“to camp”) + -er Head templates: {{de-noun|m|f=in}} Zelter m (strong, genitive Zelters, plural Zelter, feminine Zelterin) Inflection templates: {{de-ndecl|m}} Forms: Zelters [genitive], Zelter [plural], Zelterin [feminine], strong [table-tags], Zelter [nominative, singular], Zelter [definite, nominative, plural], Zelters [genitive, singular], Zelter [definite, genitive, plural], Zelter [dative, singular], Zeltern [dative, definite, plural], Zelter [accusative, singular], Zelter [accusative, definite, plural]
  1. camper (person who camps) Tags: masculine, strong
    Sense id: en-Zelter-de-noun-Avfad2Ao Categories (other): People Disambiguation of People: 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2
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