dartel

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Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɑr.təl/
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  • Hyphenation: dar‧tel
  • Rhymes: -ɑrtəl

Etymology 1

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]

Adjective

dartel (comparative darteler, superlative dartelst)

  1. frisky, frolic, playful, gamesome
Declension
Declension of dartel
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
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Papiamentu: dardu

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

dartel

  1. inflection of dartelen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

References

  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “dartel1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
  2. ^ darra”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (in Swedish), 1937