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adel

See also: Adel, Adél, ädel, and a del

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Etymology

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From Dutch adel, from Middle Dutch adel, from Old Dutch *athal, from Proto-Germanic *aþalą.

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adel (uncountable)

  1. nobility, aristocracy

Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch adel, from Old Dutch *athal, from Proto-West Germanic *aþal, from Proto-Germanic *aþalą.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈaːdəl/
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  • Hyphenation: adel
  • Rhymes: -aːdəl

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adel m (uncountable)

  1. nobility
    De adel had vroeger veel macht in Europa. ― The nobility used to have a lot of power in Europe.
    Hij stamt af van de oude adel. ― He descends from the old nobility.
    In veel landen is de adel een ceremoniële klasse. ― In many countries, the nobility is a ceremonial class.

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Descendants

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  • Afrikaans: adel
  • → Estonian: aadel[1]
  • → Javanese: adhel
  • → Papiamentu: adel

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  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline (2010) “adel”, in Nederlandse woorden wereldwijd [Dutch words worldwide]‎[1] (in Dutch), The Hague: Sdu Uitgevers, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 172

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German

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Verb

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adel

  1. inflection of adeln:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. singular imperative

Middle English

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Etymology

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From Old English adel, adela, from Proto-West Germanic *adal, from Proto-Germanic *adalaz.

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Adjective

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adel (plural and weak singular adle) (rare)

  1. rotten, addled (of an egg).
  2. muddled (of brains).

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Middle Low German

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Etymology

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From Old Saxon *athal, from Proto-West Germanic *aþal.

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adel

  1. nobility

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References

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  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 van der Sijs, Nicoline (2010) “adel”, in Nederlandse woorden wereldwijd [Dutch words worldwide]‎[2] (in Dutch), The Hague: Sdu Uitgevers, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 172

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

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Formally, the word is the same as Old Norse aðal, but the meaning is derived from Middle Low German adel; compare modern German Adel.

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adel m (definite singular adelen, uncountable)

  1. nobility
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  • Falk, Hjalmar, Torp, Alf (1903–06) Etymologisk ordbog over det norske og det danske sprog [Etymological Dictionary of the Norwegian and Danish Languages]

Etymology 2

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From Old Norse aðal.

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adel m

  1. (dialectal) heartwood
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Norwegian Nynorsk

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  • IPA(key): /¹aːdəl/, [¹ɐ̞ːd.əl], [¹ɐ̞ːd.l̩]

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adel m (definite singular adelen, indefinite plural adlar, definite plural adlane)

  1. nobility

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Old English

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Noun

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ādel f

  1. Alternative form of ādl

Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Swedish adel, borrowed from or influenced by Middle Low German adel (“noble descent; nobility”), from Old Saxon athal, from Proto-Germanic *aþalaz (whence also Old Swedish aþal-).[1][2] Related to German Adel and English athel. Compare also Icelandic aðall (“nobility”).

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adel c (uncountable)

  1. nobility, aristocracy.
    Den svenska adeln har idag inga särskilda privilegier.
    Today the Swedish nobility has no special privileges.

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Declension of adel 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative adel adeln — —
Genitive adels adelns — —

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References

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  1. ^ adel in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
  2. ^ adel in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

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Volapük

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Noun

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adel (nominative plural adels)

  1. today

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declension of adel
singular plural
nominative adel adels
genitive adela adelas
dative adele adeles
accusative adeli adelis
vocative 1 o adel! o adels!
predicative 2 adelu adelus
  • 1 status as a case is disputed
  • 2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

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