Zettel

Meaning

1. (masculine,strong) a small or loose piece of paper, slip
2. (masculine,strong) note, message, letter
3. (masculine,strong) poster, placard, public notice

Concepts

note

slip

slip of paper

piece of paper

card

label

🏷️

form

handbill

handout

index card

memo

📝

book

📖

paper

poster

sales slip

scrap of paper

sheet

slips of paper

sticker

tag

talisman

voucher

warp

page

charm

chit

confetti

curd

filing card

Synonyms

Karte

Etikett

🏷️

Schein

Karteikarte

Kette

Blatt

Handzettel

Kartei

📇

Flugblatt

Formular

Kettenfäden

Lieferschein

Marke

Münze

💸

Namensschild

Notiz

Notizzettel

Papierfetzen

Plakat

Rechnung

Schild

Schreibpapier

Seite

Stecker

Stück Papier

Urkunde

Werft

Blatt Papier

Zettelchen

Memo

📝

Kettenfaden

Längsfaden

aufgezogene Kette

Anschlagtafel

vorbereiteter Aufzug

Anschlagzettel

Bericht

Bon

Buch

📖

Buchungsbeleg

Bulletin

Erlass

Heft

📓

Intrige

Kettfaden

Komplott

Dialects

Basel-Landschaft

zettel

Basel-Landschaft

faggel

Basel-Landschaft

wiisch

Basel-Landschaft

zeedel

Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch

Hyphenated as

Zet‧tel

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈt͡sɛtəl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German: zedele

Cognate with Low German: Zeddel

Cognate with English: schedule

Cognate with French: cédule

Cognate with English: tath

In summary

Early Modern High German zeddel, zedel, from Middle High German zedele, zedel, a loan from Italian cedola, from Medieval Latin cedula, schedula, the diminutive of scheda, scida (“strip of papyrus”) ultimately from Ancient Greek σχίδη (skhídē, “splinter, fragment”). Cognate to Low German Zeddel, Palatine Rhine Franconian Zeddel, English schedule.
The spelling with -tt- was found from the 15th century in Upper German; the spelling with -dd- persisted until the 19th century, primarily in authors from Central or Northern Germany. Luther mostly writes zedel, Goethe alternates between zeddel and zettel. The (now obsolete) spelling variant zettul is influenced by French cédule.
Occasional weak inflection was found in Middle High German and persisted into the 18th century. The original feminine gender was retained until Luther's time, but occasional masculine or neuter gender was found by the late Middle High German period. The masculine gender has predominated since the 19th century.