edel

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See also: Edel, édel, and -edel

Afrikaans

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Adjective

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edel (attributive edele, comparative edeler, superlative edelste)

  1. noble

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch ēdel, from Old Dutch edel, edele, from Proto-West Germanic *aþuli, from Proto-Germanic *aþulijaz.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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edel (comparative edeler, superlative edelst)

  1. noble

Declension

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Declension of edel
uninflected edel
inflected edele
comparative edeler
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial edel edeler het edelst
het edelste
indefinite m./f. sing. edele edelere edelste
n. sing. edel edeler edelste
plural edele edelere edelste
definite edele edelere edelste
partitive edels edelers

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Estonian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *etelä. Cognate with Finnish etelä (south).

Noun

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edel (genitive edela, partitive edelat)

  1. southwest

Declension

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Declension of edel (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative edel edelad
accusative nom.
gen. edela
genitive edelate
partitive edelat edelaid
illative edelasse edelatesse
edelaisse
inessive edelas edelates
edelais
elative edelast edelatest
edelaist
allative edelale edelatele
edelaile
adessive edelal edelatel
edelail
ablative edelalt edelatelt
edelailt
translative edelaks edelateks
edelaiks
terminative edelani edelateni
essive edelana edelatena
abessive edelata edelateta
comitative edelaga edelatega

Coordinate terms

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  • (compass points)
loe põhi kirre
lääs ida
edel lõuna kagu

German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German edel, adel, from Old High German adal, from Proto-West Germanic *aþal, Proto-Germanic *aþalaz, see also Old English æþel- (> English athel), Old Norse aðall.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʔeːdl̩/, /ˈʔeːdəl/
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Adjective

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edel (strong nominative masculine singular edler, comparative edler, superlative am edelsten)

  1. (of people) noble (having a noble character)
    Synonym: adlig
  2. (of people, archaic) noble (being a member of the nobility)
  3. (of deeds) noble
  4. (of things) elegant, classy, high-quality
    Synonym: hochwertig
  5. (gems) precious

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Further reading

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  • edel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • edel” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • edel” in Duden online

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old Dutch edel, edele, from Proto-West Germanic *aþuli, from Proto-Germanic *aþulijaz.

Adjective

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ēdel

  1. noble, of high birth
  2. excellent, distinguished
  3. morally noble, righteous

Inflection

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Adjective
Masculine Feminine Neuter Plural
Nominative Indefinite ēdel ēdel, ēdele ēdel ēdel, ēdele
Definite ēdel, ēdele ēdel, ēdele
Accusative Indefinite ēdelen ēdel, ēdele ēdel ēdel, ēdele
Definite ēdel, ēdele
Genitive Indefinite ēdels ēdelre ēdels ēdelre
Definite ēdels, ēdelen ēdels, ēdelen
Dative ēdelen ēdelre ēdelen ēdelen

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Dutch: edel
  • Limburgish: aedel

Further reading

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From German Low German edel.

Adjective

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edel (neuter singular edelt, definite singular and plural edle, comparative edlere, indefinite superlative edlest, definite superlative edleste)

  1. noble

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From German Low German edel.

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edel (neuter singular edelt, definite singular and plural edle, comparative edlare, indefinite superlative edlast, definite superlative edlaste)

  1. noble

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Veps

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Related to Finnish edellä.

Preposition

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edel

  1. before (in time)

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