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Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dul/
- Hyphenation: doel
- Rhymes: -ul
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch doel, doele (“ditch that separated two fields”), from Old Dutch *duola, from Proto-Germanic *dōlijǭ, *dōlijō (“dale, valley”). Related to dal (“dale, valley”). Likely, the initial meaning was "ditch, pit" which shifted to "pile of earth" to "pile of earth used as target in a shooting range" to "shooting target" to "goal".
Noun
doel n (plural doelen, diminutive doeltje n)
- aim, purpose
- destination
- (sports) goal
Derived terms
Descendants
- → Caribbean Javanese: dul
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
doel
- inflection of doelen:
- first-person singular present indicative
- imperative
Anagrams
Old French
Noun
doel oblique singular, m (oblique plural doeaus or doeax or doiaus or doiax or doels, nominative singular doeaus or doeax or doiaus or doiax or doels, nominative plural doel)
- pain; suffering; anguish
- Synonyms: travail, dulor, paine, enui
Descendants