dubbel
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English
Noun
dubbel (plural dubbels)
- A kind of strong brown beer, originally from Belgian Trappist monasteries.
- 2017, Janet Fletcher, Cheese & Beer, page 35:
- Dubbels typically have a rich, complex, malt-centered personality and a copper or caramel color.
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Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch dobbel, from Old French doble, from Latin duplus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
dubbel (not comparable)
Inflection
| Inflection of dubbel | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | dubbel | |||
| inflected | dubbele | |||
| comparative | — | |||
| positive | ||||
| predicative/adverbial | dubbel | |||
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | dubbele | ||
| n. sing. | dubbel | |||
| plural | dubbele | |||
| definite | dubbele | |||
| partitive | dubbels | |||
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: dubbel
- Negerhollands: dobbel
- → Caribbean Javanese: dhobel
- → Indonesian: dobel
- → Petjo: dobol
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Swedish dobel, dobbell, dubbel, from Old French double, from Latin duplus.
Pronunciation
Adjective
dubbel (not comparable)
Declension
| Inflection of dubbel | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
| Common singular | dubbel | — | — |
| Neuter singular | dubbelt | — | — |
| Plural | dubbla | — | — |
| Masculine plural3 | dubble | — | — |
| Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
| Masculine singular1 | dubble | — | — |
| All | dubbla | — | — |
| 1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic | |||