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Teufel

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from German Teufel.

Proper noun edit

Teufel (plural Teufels)

  1. A surname from German.

Statistics edit

  • According to the 2010 United States Census, Teufel is the 29550th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 798 individuals. Teufel is most common among White (96.12%) individuals.

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German edit

Etymology edit

From Middle High German tiuvel, from Old High German tiufal. Cognate to Bavarian Teifl, Deife, Pennsylvania German Deiwel, Dutch duivel, Old Saxon diubol (German Low German Düwel, Dîwel), English devil.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɔʏfl̩/
  • Rhymes: -ɔɪ̯fəl
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  • Hyphenation: Teu‧fel

Noun edit

Teufel m (strong, genitive Teufels, plural Teufel, diminutive Teufelchen n, feminine Teufelin)

  1. (singular only) the Devil, Satan (supreme evil spirit in the Abrahamic religions)
    • 1923, Sigmund Freud, Eine Teufelsneurose im siebzehnten Jahrhundert, in Imago: Zeitschrift für Anwendung der Psychoanalyse auf die Geisteswissenschaften, volume 9, booklet 1 (Internationaler Psychoanalytischer Verlag), page 14:
      Der böse Dämon des christlichen Glaubens, der Teufel des Mittelalters, war nach der christlichen Mythologie selbst ein gefallener Engel und gottgleicher Natur.
      The evil demon of the Christian belief, the devil of the middle ages, was according to the Christian mythology a fallen angel himself and of godlike nature.
  2. a devil, satan (a creature of hell, a demon, a fallen angel)
  3. a devil, satan (an evil person)

Declension edit

Declension of Teufel [masculine, strong]
singular plural
indef. def. noun def. noun
nominative ein der Teufel die Teufel
genitive eines des Teufels der Teufel
dative einem dem Teufel den Teufeln
accusative einen den Teufel die Teufel

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