Declension of German noun Esel with plural and article

The declension of the noun Esel (ass, donkey) is in singular genitive Esels and in the plural nominative Esel. The noun Esel is declined with the declension endings s/-. The voice of Esel is maskuline and the article "der". Here you can not only inflect Esel but also all German nouns. The noun is part of the thesaurus of Zertifikat Deutsch respectivly Level C2. Comments ☆

C2 · noun · masculine · regular · -s, -

der Esel

Esels · Esel

Endings s/-   Shortening of the genitive ending to 's'  

English ass, donkey, burro, dullard, fool, jackass, jenny, moke, she-ass

/ˈeː.zəl/ · /ˈeː.zəlz/ · /ˈeː.zəl/

[…, Sprache] Zug-, Last- und Haustier, sowie zwei Wildtierarten, die zur Gattung der Pferde gehören; unzulänglicher Mensch; Grautier, Trottel, Grauer, Dummkopf

» Esel sind grau. English Donkeys are gray.

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Declension of Esel in singular and plural in all cases

Singular

Nom. derEsel
Gen. desEsels
Dat. demEsel
Acc. denEsel

Plural

Nom. dieEsel
Gen. derEsel
Dat. denEseln
Acc. dieEsel
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Examples

Example sentences for Esel

  • Esel sind grau. 
    English Donkeys are gray.
  • Wir schreien wie Esel . 
    English We are braying like donkeys.
  • Pferde unterscheiden sich von Eseln . 
    English Horses and donkeys are different.
  • Unser Esel frisst am liebsten Disteln. 
    English Our donkey prefers to eat thistles.
  • Der Esel und sein Treiber denken verschieden. 
    English The donkey and its driver think differently.
  • Die Götter wählen keinen Esel zum Schiedsrichter. 
    English The gods do not choose a donkey as a referee.
  • Da schimpfte der Esel den Hahn einen Dickkopf. 
    English Then the donkey scolded the rooster for being stubborn.
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Translations

Translation of German Esel

German Esel
English ass, donkey, burro, dullard, fool, jackass, jenny, moke
Russian осёл, осел, иша́к
Spanish asno, burro, borrico, pollino, estúpido, jumento
French âne, bourrique, baudet, mulet
Turkish eşek, merkep
Portuguese burro, jumento, asno, jerico, idiota, jegue
Italian asino, somaro, bestia, ciuca, ciuccio, ciuco
Romanian asin, măgar, asen, asân, măgăreț, om insuficient
Hungarian szamár, bunkó, butaság
Polish osioł
Greek γάιδαρος, απατεώνας, γαϊδούρι, ηλίθιος, τούβλο, όνος
Dutch ezel, domoor, stommeling, suffer
Czech osel
Swedish åsna, dålig människa, idiot
Danish æsel, dårlig menneske, klodset person
Japanese 馬鹿, ばっか, ドンキー, ロバ, 兎馬, 愚か者, 莫迦, 驢
Catalan ase, burro
Finnish aasi, hölmö, muuli, tyhmä
Norwegian esel, tulling
Basque asto, ase, marginal
Serbian магарац, glupan, magarac, nepristojna osoba
Macedonian магаре, недостаточен човек
Slovenian osel, neumen
Slowakisch osol, somár
Bosnian magarac, osao, glupan, nepismenjak
Croatian magarac, gumare, osal, osao, osel, tovar, neprilagođena osoba, nesposobna osoba
Ukrainian осел
Bulgarian глупак, магаре, тъпак
Belorussian асёл, недасканалы чалавек, осел
Hebrewחמור
Arabicحمار، اشك، بحيم، جحش
Persianخر، احمق، الاغ
Urduناکافی انسان، کمزور انسان، گدھا

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Meanings and synonyms of Esel
  • Zug-, Last- und Haustier, sowie zwei Wildtierarten, die zur Gattung der Pferde gehören, Grautier, Grauer
  • [Sprache] unzulänglicher Mensch, Trottel, Dummkopf, Kamel, Hornochse
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Declension forms of Esel

Summary of all declension forms of the noun Esel in all cases

The declension of Esel as a table with all forms in singular (singular) and plural (plural) and in all four cases nominative (1st case), genitive (2nd case), dative (3rd case) and accusative (4th case). Especially for German learners the correct declension of the word Esel is crucial.

Declension Esel

Singular Plural
Nom. der Esel die Esel
Gen. des Esels der Esel
Dat. dem Esel den Eseln
Acc. den Esel die Esel

Declension Esel

  • Singular: der Esel, des Esels, dem Esel, den Esel
  • Plural: die Esel, der Esel, den Eseln, die Esel

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* Definitions come partly from Wiktionary (de.wiktionary.org)> and may have been changed afterwards. They are freely available under the CC-BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) license: 17203, 17203

* Sentences by Tatoeba (tatoeba.org) are freely available under the CC BY 2.0 FR (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/fr/). Some of them were changed. The authors of the sentences can be looked up via: 5245912, 1709458, 863918, 4003144, 5445797

* Sentences from the Wiktionary (de.wiktionary.org) are freely available under the license CC BY-SA 3.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/deed.de). Some of them were changed. The authors of the sentences can be looked up via: 476862, 17203

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