From Dutch vuil, from Middle Dutch vuul, from Old Dutch *fūl, from Proto-Germanic *fūlaz.
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vuil (attributive vuil or (seldom) vuile, comparative vuiler, superlative vuilste)
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.
vuil (comparative vuiler, superlative vuilst)
Declension of vuil | ||||
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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 | — |
vuil n (uncountable, diminutive vuiltje n)