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inval

Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɪnvɑl/
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  • Hyphenation: in‧val

Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch inval (“inspiration, sudden idea”); verbal noun to invallen.

Noun

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inval m (plural invallen, diminutive invalletje n)

  1. inspiration, brain wave
  2. bust, raid
  3. incursion, invasion
  4. incidence
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

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inval

  1. first-person singular dependent-clause present indicative of invallen

Anagrams

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Indonesian

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Etymology

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From Dutch invallen (“to fall in”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɪnfal]
  • Hyphenation: in‧fal

Noun

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inval (first-person possessive invalku, second-person possessive invalmu, third-person possessive invalnya)

  1. (colloquial) substitute.

Alternative forms

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Swedish

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Etymology

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Related to the verb välja in, "elect into" and the adjective invald, "elected (into)"

Noun

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inval n

  1. 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.

Declension

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Declension of inval 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative inval invalet inval invalen
Genitive invals invalets invals invalens
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Anagrams

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