See also: Adel, Adél, ädel, and a del

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Etymology

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From Dutch adel, from Middle Dutch adel, from Old Dutch *athal, from Proto-Germanic *aþalą.

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adel (uncountable)

  1. nobility, aristocracy

Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch adel, from Old Dutch *athal, from Proto-West Germanic *aþal, from Proto-Germanic *aþalą.

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  • IPA(key): /ˈaːdəl/
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  • Hyphenation: adel
  • Rhymes: -aːdəl

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adel m (uncountable)

  1. nobility
    De adel had vroeger veel macht in Europa.The nobility used to have a lot of power in Europe.
    Hij stamt af van de oude adel.He descends from the old nobility.
    In veel landen is de adel een ceremoniële klasse.In many countries, the nobility is a ceremonial class.

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  • Afrikaans: adel
  • Estonian: aadel[1]
  • Javanese: adhel
  • Papiamentu: adel

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  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline (2010) “adel”, in Nederlandse woorden wereldwijd [Dutch words worldwide]‎[1] (in Dutch), The Hague: Sdu Uitgevers, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 172

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German

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Verb

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adel

  1. inflection of adeln:
    1. first-person singular present
    2. singular imperative

Middle English

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Etymology

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From Old English adel, adela, from Proto-West Germanic *adal, from Proto-Germanic *adalaz.

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Adjective

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adel (plural and weak singular adle) (rare)

  1. rotten, addled (of an egg).
  2. muddled (of brains).

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Middle Low German

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Etymology

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From Old Saxon *athal, from Proto-West Germanic *aþal.

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adel

  1. nobility

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References

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  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 van der Sijs, Nicoline (2010) “adel”, in Nederlandse woorden wereldwijd [Dutch words worldwide]‎[2] (in Dutch), The Hague: Sdu Uitgevers, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 172

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

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Formally, the word is the same as Old Norse aðal, but the meaning is derived from Middle Low German adel; compare modern German Adel.

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adel m (definite singular adelen, uncountable)

  1. nobility
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  • Falk, Hjalmar, Torp, Alf (190306) Etymologisk ordbog over det norske og det danske sprog [Etymological Dictionary of the Norwegian and Danish Languages]

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From Old Norse aðal.

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adel m

  1. (dialectal) heartwood
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Norwegian Nynorsk

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  • IPA(key): /¹aːdəl/, [¹ɐ̞ːd.əl], [¹ɐ̞ːd.l̩]

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adel m (definite singular adelen, indefinite plural adlar, definite plural adlane)

  1. nobility

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Old English

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ādel f

  1. Alternative form of ādl

Swedish

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Etymology

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From Old Swedish adel, borrowed from or influenced by Middle Low German adel (noble descent; nobility), from Old Saxon athal, from Proto-Germanic *aþalaz (whence also Old Swedish aþal-).[1][2] Related to German Adel and English athel. Compare also Icelandic aðall (nobility).

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adel c (uncountable)

  1. nobility, aristocracy.
    Den svenska adeln har idag inga särskilda privilegier.
    Today the Swedish nobility has no special privileges.

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Declension of adel
nominative genitive
singular indefinite adel adels
definite adeln adelns
plural indefinite
definite

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References

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  1. ^ adel in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
  2. ^ adel in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

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adel (nominative plural adels)

  1. today

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