adel

adel

See also: Adel, Adél, ädel, and a del

Afrikaans

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑː.dəl/

Noun

adel (uncountable)

1. nobility, aristocracy

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Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːdəl/

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• Hyphenation: adel
• Rhymes: -aːdəl

Noun

adel m (uncountable)

1. nobility

Derived terms

• adelen
• adellijk
• adelstand
• landadel
• ontadelen

Descendants

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

References

1. van der Sijs, Nicoline (2010), “adel”, in Nederlandse woorden wereldwijd [Dutch words worldwide] (in Dutch), The Hague: Sdu Uitgevers, →ISBN, OCLC 687330964, page 172

Anagrams

• dale, lade

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German

Pronunciation

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Verb

adel

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

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Middle English

Alternative forms

• addull, adyll

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈadəl/

Adjective

adel (plural and weak singular adle) (rare)

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

Descendants

• English: addle
• Scots: adle, addil, aidle, aidil

References

• “adel(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

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Middle Low German

Alternative forms

• adele, addel

Etymology

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

Noun

adel

1. nobility

Descendants

• Low German: Adel
• Westphalian:

  Ravensbergisch-Lippisch: iadel

• → Norwegian: adel[1]
• → Swedish: adel[1]
  • → Finnish: aateli[1]

References

1. van der Sijs, Nicoline (2010), “adel”, in Nederlandse woorden wereldwijd [Dutch words worldwide] (in Dutch), The Hague: Sdu Uitgevers, →ISBN, OCLC 687330964, page 172

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Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑ̀ːdel/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

adel m (definite singular adelen, uncountable)

1. nobility

Derived terms

• adelig
• adelsbrev
• adelsdame
• adelsdiplom
• adelsfrue
• adelskalender
• adelskap
• adelskvinne
• adelsmann
• adelsmerke
• adelsprivilegium
• adelsskjold
• adelsslekt
• adelsstand
• adelstittel
• adelsætt

 

Related terms

• adle

References

• 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

From Old Norse aðal.

Noun

adel m

1. (dialectal) heartwood

Synonyms

• kjerneved

References

• Ivar Aasen (1850), “adel”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog, Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000
• “adel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

1. nobility

Derived terms

• adeleg
• adelsblod
• adelsbrev
• adelsdame
• adelsdiplom
• adelsfrue
• adelskalender
• adelskap
• adelskvinne
• adelsmann
• adelsmerke
• adelsprivilegium
• adelsskjold
• adelsslekt
• adelsstand
• adelstittel
• adelsvelde
• adelsætt

 

Related terms

• adla

References

• “adel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Swedish

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːdɛl/

Noun

adel c (uncountable)

1. nobility, aristocracy.

   Den svenska adeln har idag inga särskilda privilegier.

   Today the Swedish nobility has no special privileges.

Declension

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

Derived terms

• adelsbrev
• adelsdam
• adelshögfärd
• adelskalender
• adelskap
• adelskvinna
• adelsman
• adelsmärke
• adelsmöte
• adelsprivilegier
• adelssläkt
• adelsstolt
• adelsstånd
• adelstitel
• adla
• adlig
• bördsadel
• fattigadel
• högadel
• lågadel
• tjänsteadel
• ämbetsadel

 

Related terms

• ädel
• ädling

See also

• baron m
• baronessa f
• drottning f
• landriddare m
• friherre m
• friherrinna f
• fru f
• frälse
• furste m
• greve m
• grevinna f
• hertig m
• hertiginna f
• jarl m
• kung m
• kejsare m
• kejsarinna f
• kronprins m
• kronprinsessa f
• markis m
• prins m
• prinsessa f
• riddare m

References

• adel in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (8th ed., 1923)

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

Anagrams

• Edla, dela, lade, leda

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Volapük

Noun

adel (nominative plural adels)

1. today

Declension

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

Derived terms

• adelo
• adelo gödiko

Related terms

• ädelo
• ädelo gödiko
• del
• kronamadel
• läbadel
• odelo gödiko