adel

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See also: Adel, Adél, ädel, and a del

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch adel, from Middle Dutch adel, from Old Dutch *athal, from Proto-Germanic *aþalą.

Pronunciation

Noun

adel (uncountable)

  1. nobility, aristocracy

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch adel, from Old Dutch *athal, from Proto-West Germanic *aþal, from Proto-Germanic *aþalą.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈaːdəl/
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  • Hyphenation: adel
  • Rhymes: -aːdəl

Noun

adel m (uncountable)

  1. nobility
    De adel had vroeger veel macht in Europa. ― The nobility used to have a lot of power in Europe.
    Hij stamt af van de oude adel. ― He descends from the old nobility.
    In veel landen is de adel een ceremoniële klasse. ― In many countries, the nobility is a ceremonial class.

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Descendants

  • Afrikaans: adel
  • → Estonian: aadel
  • → Javanese: adhel
  • → Papiamentu: adel

References

  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline (2010) “adel”, in Nederlandse woorden wereldwijd [Dutch words worldwide]‎ (in Dutch), The Hague: Sdu Uitgevers, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 172

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German

Pronunciation

Verb

adel

  1. inflection of adeln:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. singular imperative

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old English adel, adela, from Proto-West Germanic *adal, from Proto-Germanic *adalaz.

Pronunciation

Adjective

adel (plural and weak singular adle) (rare)

  1. rotten, addled (of an egg).
  2. muddled (of brains).

Descendants

References

Middle Low German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Old Saxon *athal, from Proto-West Germanic *aþal.

Noun

adel

  1. nobility

Descendants

  • Low German: Adel
  • Westphalian:
    Ravensbergisch-Lippisch: iadel
  • → Norwegian: adel
  • → Swedish: adel

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 van der Sijs, Nicoline (2010) “adel”, in Nederlandse woorden wereldwijd [Dutch words worldwide]‎ (in Dutch), The Hague: Sdu Uitgevers, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 172

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Formally, the word is the same as Old Norse aðal, but the meaning is derived from Middle Low German adel; compare modern German Adel.

Noun

adel m (definite singular adelen, uncountable)

  1. nobility
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References

  • Falk, Hjalmar, Torp, Alf (1903–06) Etymologisk ordbog over det norske og det danske sprog [Etymological Dictionary of the Norwegian and Danish Languages]

Etymology 2

From Old Norse aðal.

Noun

adel m

  1. (dialectal) heartwood
Synonyms

References

  • Ivar Aasen (1850) “adel”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog‎ (in Danish), Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000
  • “adel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

Noun

adel m (definite singular adelen, indefinite plural adlar, definite plural adlane)

  1. nobility

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Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish adel, borrowed from or influenced by Middle Low German adel (“noble descent; nobility”), from Old Saxon athal, from Proto-Germanic *aþalaz (whence also Old Swedish aþal-). Related to German Adel and English athel. Compare also Icelandic aðall (“nobility”).

Pronunciation

Noun

adel c (uncountable)

  1. nobility, aristocracy.
    Den svenska adeln har idag inga särskilda privilegier.
    Today the Swedish nobility has no special privileges.

Declension

Declension of adel 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative adel adeln — —
Genitive adels adelns — —

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See also

References

  1. ^ adel in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
  2. ^ adel in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

Volapük

Noun

adel (nominative plural adels)

  1. today

Declension

declension of adel
singular plural
nominative adel adels
genitive adela adelas
dative adele adeles
accusative adeli adelis
vocative 1 o adel! o adels!
predicative 2 adelu adelus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

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