From Middle Dutch dertel, derten; further etymology unclear. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerh₃- (“to leap, spring forth”); if so, Germanic relatives would include Danish dirre (“to tremble, quiver”) and Swedish darra.[1][2]
dartel (comparative darteler, superlative dartelst)
Declension of dartel | ||||
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uninflected | dartel | |||
inflected | dartele | |||
comparative | darteler | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | dartel | darteler | het dartelst het dartelste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | dartele | dartelere | dartelste |
n. sing. | dartel | darteler | dartelste | |
plural | dartele | dartelere | dartelste | |
definite | dartele | dartelere | dartelste | |
partitive | dartels | dartelers | — |
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
dartel