faul

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Czech

Pronunciation

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Noun

faul m inan

  1. foul (offence in sports)

Declension

Declension of faul (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative faul fauly
genitive faulu faulů
dative faulu faulům
accusative faul fauly
vocative faule fauly
locative faulu faulech
instrumental faulem fauly

Further reading

  • “faul”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “faul”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “faul”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
  • “faul” in Akademický slovník současné češtiny, 2012–2024, slovnikcestiny.cz

German

Etymology

From Middle High German vūl, from Old High German fūl, from Proto-West Germanic *fūl, from Proto-Germanic *fūlaz, from Proto-Indo-European *puH-lo-s (“rotten, putrid”).

Compare Dutch vuil, English foul, Danish ful, Swedish ful. Doublet of Foul.

The sense “lazy” developed in part from the idea of food rotting when lying around, in part from the notion that idleness is morally rotten.

Pronunciation

Adjective

faul (strong nominative masculine singular fauler, comparative fauler, superlative am faulsten)

  1. foul, rotten, rancid
  2. lazy

Declension

Positive forms of faul
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist faul sie ist faul es ist faul sie sind faul
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative fauler faule faules faule
genitive faulen fauler faulen fauler
dative faulem fauler faulem faulen
accusative faulen faule faules faule
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der faule die faule das faule die faulen
genitive des faulen der faulen des faulen der faulen
dative dem faulen der faulen dem faulen den faulen
accusative den faulen die faule das faule die faulen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein fauler eine faule ein faules (keine) faulen
genitive eines faulen einer faulen eines faulen (keiner) faulen
dative einem faulen einer faulen einem faulen (keinen) faulen
accusative einen faulen eine faule ein faules (keine) faulen
Comparative forms of faul
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist fauler sie ist fauler es ist fauler sie sind fauler
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative faulerer faulere fauleres faulere
genitive fauleren faulerer fauleren faulerer
dative faulerem faulerer faulerem fauleren
accusative fauleren faulere fauleres faulere
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der faulere die faulere das faulere die fauleren
genitive des fauleren der fauleren des fauleren der fauleren
dative dem fauleren der fauleren dem fauleren den fauleren
accusative den fauleren die faulere das faulere die fauleren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein faulerer eine faulere ein fauleres (keine) fauleren
genitive eines fauleren einer fauleren eines fauleren (keiner) fauleren
dative einem fauleren einer fauleren einem fauleren (keinen) fauleren
accusative einen fauleren eine faulere ein fauleres (keine) fauleren
Superlative forms of faul
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist am faulsten sie ist am faulsten es ist am faulsten sie sind am faulsten
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative faulster faulste faulstes faulste
genitive faulsten faulster faulsten faulster
dative faulstem faulster faulstem faulsten
accusative faulsten faulste faulstes faulste
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der faulste die faulste das faulste die faulsten
genitive des faulsten der faulsten des faulsten der faulsten
dative dem faulsten der faulsten dem faulsten den faulsten
accusative den faulsten die faulste das faulste die faulsten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein faulster eine faulste ein faulstes (keine) faulsten
genitive eines faulsten einer faulsten eines faulsten (keiner) faulsten
dative einem faulsten einer faulsten einem faulsten (keinen) faulsten
accusative einen faulsten eine faulste ein faulstes (keine) faulsten

Derived terms

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “faul” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “faul” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “faul” in Duden online
  • “faul” in OpenThesaurus.de

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Middle High German vūl, from Old High German fūl, from Proto-West Germanic *fūl.

Pronunciation

Adjective

faul (comparative fauler, superlative faulest)

  1. rotten
    En faules Eu stinkd.
    A rotten egg stinks.
    Die Epple sin schun faul.
    The apples are already rotten.
  2. lazy
    En fauler Kerl.
    A lazy guy.

Declension

Declension of faul (see also Appendix:Hunsrik adjectives)
masculine feminine neuter plural
Weak inflection nominative faul faul faul faule
accusative faule faul faul faule
dative faule faule faule faule
Strong inflection nominative fauler faule faules faule
accusative faule faule faules faule
dative faulem fauler faulem faule

Further reading

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German vūl, from Old High German fūl, from Proto-West Germanic *fūl, from Proto-Germanic *fūlaz, from Proto-Indo-European *puH-lo-s (“rotten, putrid”).

Compare Dutch vuil, English foul, Danish ful, Swedish ful.

Pronunciation

Adjective

faul

  1. rotten
  2. lazy

Pitcairn-Norfolk

Etymology

From English fowl.

Noun

faul

  1. chicken; fowl; poultry

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Etymology

Borrowed from English foul.

Pronunciation

Noun

faul m inan

  1. (sports) foul (breach of the rules of a game, especially one involving inappropriate contact with an opposing player in order to gain an advantage)
    Hypernym: wykroczenie
  2. foul play (unfair, unethical, or criminal behavior, especially of a malicious or violent nature)
    Hypernym: postępek

Declension

Declension of faul
singular plural
nominative faul faule
genitive faula/faulu fauli/faulów
dative faulowi faulom
accusative faul faule
instrumental faulem faulami
locative faulu faulach
vocative faulu faule

Derived terms

verbs

Further reading

  • faul in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • faul in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • faul in PWN's encyclopedia

Slovak

Slovak Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sk

Pronunciation

Noun

faul m inan

  1. (sports) foul

Declension

Declension of faul (pattern dub)
singularplural
nominativefaulfauly
genitivefaulufaulov
dativefaulufaulom
accusativefaulfauly
locativefaulefauloch
instrumentalfaulomfaulmi,
faulami

Further reading

  • “faul”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024
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