Tadel

See also: tadel and tādēļ

German

Etymology

Inherited from Middle High German tadel, a borrowing from Middle Low German which replaced Middle High German zadel, from Old High German zādal; further etymology unknown.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈtaːdl̩/
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation: Ta‧del

Noun

Tadel m (strong, genitive Tadels, plural Tadel)

blame; reproof
(dated) flaw, blemish
Synonyms: Makel, Fehler

Declension

Declension of Tadel [masculine, strong]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	ein	der	Tadel	die	Tadel
genitive	eines	des	Tadels	der	Tadel
dative	einem	dem	Tadel	den	Tadeln
accusative	einen	den	Tadel	die	Tadel

Derived terms

References

^ Friedrich Kluge (1995) “Tadel”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 23rd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN, page 812

Further reading

“Tadel” in Duden online
“Tadel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
“Tadel” in Deutsches Wörterbuch von Jacob und Wilhelm Grimm, 16 vols., Leipzig 1854–1961.
“Tadel” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon

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