geel
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch geel.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /χɪə̯l/, [χeə̯l], [χɪə̯l]
Adjective
geel (attributive gele, comparative geler, superlative geelste)
- yellow
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch gelu, from Old Dutch *gelo, from Proto-Germanic *gelwaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɣeːl/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: geel
- Rhymes: -eːl
Adjective
geel (comparative geler, superlative geelst)
- yellow
Inflection
| Inflection of geel | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | geel | |||
| inflected | gele | |||
| comparative | geler | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | geel | geler | het geelst het geelste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | gele | gelere | geelste |
| n. sing. | geel | geler | geelste | |
| plural | gele | gelere | geelste | |
| definite | gele | gelere | geelste | |
| partitive | geels | gelers | — | |
Derived terms
- barnsteengeel
- bladgeel
- botergeel
- cadmiumgeel
- chromaatgeel
- citroengeel
- donkergeel
- eigeel
- geelachtig
- geelbruin
- geelgors
- geelhout
- geelkoper
- geelkoperen
- geeltje
- geelvink
- geelwortel
- geelzucht
- geelzuchtig
- gelig
- goudgeel
- grijsgeel
- groengeel
- honinggeel
- kanariegeel
- knalgeel
- koningsgeel
- lichtgeel
- maisgeel
- mosterdgeel
- okergeel
- oranjegeel
- roodgeel
- saffraangeel
- strogeel
- vergelen
- zandgeel
Descendants
- Afrikaans: geel
- → Sranan Tongo: geri
Noun
geel n (uncountable)
- the colour yellow
See also
| Colors in Dutch · kleuren (layout · text) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| wit | grijs | zwart | ||
| rood; karmijnrood | oranje; bruin | geel; roomwit | ||
| groengeel/limoengroen | groen | |||
| blauwgroen/cyaan; groenblauw/petrolblauw | azuurblauw | blauw | ||
| violet; indigo | magenta; paars | roze | ||
Anagrams
- egel, gele, leeg, lege
German Low German
Alternative forms
- gel
- (Mecklenburgisch, Western Pomeranian) gęl, gäl
Etymology
Compare German gel (dated variant of gelb).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡeːl/
Adjective
geel
- (in several dialects, including Low Prussian) yellow
Wiradhuri
Alternative forms
- kil
Etymology
Compare Gamilaraay giili and Ngiyambaa kiil.
Noun
geel
- urine
- 1904, R. H. Mathews, The Wiradyuri and other languages of New South Wales, in The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. 34
- Urine .... .... .... kil.
- 1904, R. H. Mathews, The Wiradyuri and other languages of New South Wales, in The Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol. 34