inval
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɪnvɑl/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: in‧val
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch inval (“inspiration, sudden idea”).
Noun
inval m (plural invallen, diminutive invalletje n)
- inspiration, brain wave
- bust, raid
- incursion, invasion
- incidence
Derived terms
- invalshoek
- lichtinval
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
inval
- first-person singular present indicative of invallen (when using a subclause)
Anagrams
- val in
Swedish
Etymology
Related to the verb välja in, "elect into" and the adjective invald, "elected (into)"
Noun
inval n
- election into a legislative body; the process whereby a person gets elected into a legislative body
- Invalet av den forne dokusåpadeltagaren till riksdagen visade sig ge skvallertidningarna ett nyvaknat intresse för riksdagsledamöterna egentligen gör.
- The election of the former reality show contestant to the parliament proved to give the tabloids a newly awakened interest for what the members of the parliament really do.
- Invalet av den forne dokusåpadeltagaren till riksdagen visade sig ge skvallertidningarna ett nyvaknat intresse för riksdagsledamöterna egentligen gör.
Declension
| Declension of inval | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | inval | invalet | inval | invalen |
| Genitive | invals | invalets | invals | invalens |
Related terms
- invald