vuil

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Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch vuil, from Middle Dutch vuul, from Old Dutch *fūl, from Proto-Germanic *fūlaz.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

vuil (attributive vuil or (seldom) vuile, comparative vuiler, superlative vuilste)

  1. dirty, not clean
    Deur die vuil venster kon ek niks sien nie.
    I couldn’t see anything through the dirty window.
  2. (figurative) obscene, indecent, dishonorable

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch vuul, from Old Dutch *fūl. The adjective is from Proto-West Germanic *fūl, from Proto-Germanic *fūlaz, the noun from Proto-Germanic *fūlą. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pū-, *pew-. Akin to English foul, German faul, Danish and Swedish ful.

Pronunciation

Adjective

vuil (comparative vuiler, superlative vuilst)

  1. foul, dirty, filthy
  2. obscene, lewd
  3. dishonorable
  4. illegal, improper
  5. (nautical) fouled, having its wetted surface polluted by marine organisms

Declension

Declension of vuil
uninflected vuil
inflected vuile
comparative vuiler
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial vuil vuiler het vuilst
het vuilste
indefinite m./f. sing. vuile vuilere vuilste
n. sing. vuil vuiler vuilste
plural vuile vuilere vuilste
definite vuile vuilere vuilste
partitive vuils vuilers

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Afrikaans: vuil
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: fili
  • Negerhollands: väul
  • Petjo: vuil

Noun

vuil n (uncountable, diminutive vuiltje n)

  1. dirt, filth
  2. garbage, trash, waste, litter

Derived terms