dubbel

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Noun

dubbel (plural dubbels)

  1. 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

  • IPA(key): /ˈdʏ.bəl/
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  • Hyphenation: dub‧bel
  • Rhymes: -ʏbəl

Adjective

dubbel (not comparable)

  1. double, twofold
  2. ambivalent
  3. ambiguous

Declension

Declension 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

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Descendants

  • Afrikaans: dubbel
  • Negerhollands: dobbel
  • Caribbean Javanese: dhobel
  • Indonesian: dobel

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish dobel, dobbell, dubbel, from Old French double, from Latin duplus.

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Adjective

dubbel (not comparable)

  1. double

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

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