fidel
CatalanEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin fidēlis, fidēlem (“faithful”) as a learned word. Gradually drove out inherited Old Catalan feel.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
fidel (masculine and feminine plural fidels)
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “fidel” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “fidel”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “fidel” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “fidel” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
GermanEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Latin fidēlis, from the noun fidēs.[1]
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
fidel (strong nominative masculine singular fideler, comparative fideler, superlative am fidelsten)
- cheerful
- Synonym: vergnügt
- 1929, Erich Kästner, Emil und die Detektive, p. 26
- Sie ist die fidelste aller Großmütter, die ich kenne.
- She is the most cheerful of all grandmothers that I know.
DeclensionEdit
Positive forms of fidel
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
predicative | er ist fidel | sie ist fidel | es ist fidel | sie sind fidel | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | fideler | fidele | fideles | fidele |
genitive | fidelen | fideler | fidelen | fideler | |
dative | fidelem | fideler | fidelem | fidelen | |
accusative | fidelen | fidele | fideles | fidele | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der fidele | die fidele | das fidele | die fidelen |
genitive | des fidelen | der fidelen | des fidelen | der fidelen | |
dative | dem fidelen | der fidelen | dem fidelen | den fidelen | |
accusative | den fidelen | die fidele | das fidele | die fidelen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein fideler | eine fidele | ein fideles | (keine) fidelen |
genitive | eines fidelen | einer fidelen | eines fidelen | (keiner) fidelen | |
dative | einem fidelen | einer fidelen | einem fidelen | (keinen) fidelen | |
accusative | einen fidelen | eine fidele | ein fideles | (keine) fidelen |
Comparative forms of fidel
Superlative forms of fidel
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Friedrich Kluge (1989), “fidel”, in Elmar Seebold, editor, Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache [Etymological Dictionary of the German Language] (in German), 22nd edition, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, →ISBN
Further readingEdit
- “fidel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
- “fidel” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
- “fidel” in Duden online
- “fidel” in OpenThesaurus.de
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From French fidèle, from Latin fidelis.
AdjectiveEdit
fidel m or n (feminine singular fidelă, masculine plural fideli, feminine and neuter plural fidele)