German

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French idéel, from Late Latin ideālis (existing in idea), from Latin idea (idea). Doublet of ideal.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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ideell (strong nominative masculine singular ideeller, comparative ideeller, superlative am ideellsten)

  1. ideal (conceptual)

Declension

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Further reading

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  • ideell” in Duden online
  • ideell” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From German ideell or ideal.

Adjective

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ideell (neuter singular ideelt, definite singular and plural ideelle)

  1. ideal; perfect

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From German ideell or ideal.

Adjective

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ideell (neuter singular ideelt, definite singular and plural ideelle)

  1. ideal; perfect

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Swedish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from German ideell.

Adjective

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ideell (not comparable)

  1. nonprofit, not-for-profit
    Wikimedia Foundation är en amerikansk ideell stiftelse.
    Wikimedia Foundation is an American nonprofit organization.
  2. (law) nonmonetary

Declension

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Inflection of ideell
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular ideell
neuter singular ideellt
plural ideella
masculine plural2 ideelle
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 ideelle
all ideella

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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