duivel
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Dutch
Alternative forms
- (archaic or dialectal) duvel
Etymology
From Middle Dutch duvel, from Old Dutch diuval, from Proto-West Germanic *diubul, from Latin diabolus, from Ancient Greek διάβολος (diábolos).
Pronunciation
Noun
duivel m (plural duivels or duivelen, diminutive duiveltje n)
Derived terms
- duivelachtig
- duivels
- duveltje uit een doosje (many variants)
- kwelduivel
- opperduivel
- Tasmaanse duivel
- zeeduivel