dartel
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɑr.təl/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: dar‧tel
- Rhymes: -ɑrtəl
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch dertel, derten; further etymology unclear. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerh₃- (“to leap, spring forth”); if so, Germanic relatives would include Danish dirre (“to tremble, quiver”) and Swedish darra.[1][2]
Adjective
dartel (comparative darteler, superlative dartelst)
- frisky, frolic, playful, gamesome
Inflection
| Inflection of dartel | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | dartel | |||
| inflected | dartele | |||
| comparative | darteler | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | dartel | darteler | het dartelst het dartelste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | dartele | dartelere | dartelste |
| n. sing. | dartel | darteler | dartelste | |
| plural | dartele | dartelere | dartelste | |
| definite | dartele | dartelere | dartelste | |
| partitive | dartels | dartelers | — | |
Derived terms
- dartelen
Descendants
- → Papiamentu: dardu
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
dartel
- first-person singular present indicative of dartelen
- imperative of dartelen
References
- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “dartel1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
- “darra”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish), 1937