Schalmei

German

Etymology

From Middle High German schalemīe; derived from French chalumeau, from Latin calamus.[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ʃalˈmaɪ̯/
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Hyphenation: Schal‧mei
Rhymes: -aɪ̯

Noun

Schalmei f (genitive Schalmei, plural Schalmeien)

(music) shawm
(music) a member of the shawm family

Declension

Declension of Schalmei [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Schalmei	die	Schalmeien
genitive	einer	der	Schalmei	der	Schalmeien
dative	einer	der	Schalmei	den	Schalmeien
accusative	eine	die	Schalmei	die	Schalmeien

Synonyms

Ciaramella
Hirtenflöte
Kalamaia
Pommer
Rauschpfeife
Rohrflöte
Schalmay
Schalmey

Hypernyms

Holzblasinstrument

Related terms

Friedensschalmei
Hirtenschalmei
Renaissanceschalmei
Schalmeibläser
Schalmeibläserin
Schalmeienkapelle
Schalmeienklang
Schalmeienmusik
Schalmeiinstrument

References

Friedrich Kluge (1883) “Schalmei”, in John Francis Davis, transl., Etymological Dictionary of the German Language, published 1891

Further reading

“Schalmei” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Schalmei” in Duden online
“Schalmei” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
“Schalmei” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.

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