tegel
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From Middle Dutch tigele, tegel, from Old Dutch tegela, from Proto-West Germanic *tigulā, from Proto-Germanic *tigulǭ, from Latin tegula. Compare German Ziegel, English tile.
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Noun edit
tegel m (plural tegels, diminutive tegeltje n)
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Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch tegel, from Middle Dutch tigele, tegel, from Old Dutch tegela, from late Proto-Germanic *tigulǭ, from Latin tegula.
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Noun edit
tègêl (first-person possessive tegelku, second-person possessive tegelmu, third-person possessive tegelnya)
Further reading edit
- “tegel” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Swedish edit
Etymology edit
From Old Swedish tighl, from Old Norse tigl, from Proto-Germanic *tigulǭ.
Same as Icelandic tigl, Danish tegel, Old English tigele, English tile, Middle Low German tegel, German Ziegel, Latin tegula, a form of tegere (“to cover”) (a roof with tiles), relating to Swedish tak (“roof”) and täcka (“to cover”). Thus, it was first used for roof tiles, later for wall bricks.
Brick building was introduced in Scandinavia with the cathedral in Roskilde, Denmark (started in the 1170s), and later led to the "Brick Gothic" (Backsteingothik) in Scandinavia and Northern Germany.
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tegel n
- brick (burned clay, the material, used for roof tiles and bricks), tiles
- huset är gjort av tegel
- the house is made of brick
- taket är täckt med tegel
- the roof is covered with (brick, clay) tiles
- huset är gjort av tegel
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Nominative | tegel | teglet | tegel | teglen |
Genitive | tegels | teglets | tegels | teglens |
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References edit
- tegel in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)