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edel

See also: Edel, édel, and -edel

Afrikaans

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Etymology

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From Dutch edel.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈiə̯dəl/
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Adjective

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edel (attributive edele or edel, comparative edeler, superlative edelste)

  1. noble

Inflection

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Inflection of edel
  predicative attributive independent partitive
singular plural
positive edel edele, edel edele edeles edels
comparative edeler edelere edeleres edelers
superlative edelste edelstes —

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Dutch

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Etymology

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From Middle Dutch ēdel, from Old Dutch edel, edele, from Proto-West Germanic *aþuli, from Proto-Germanic *aþulijaz.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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edel (comparative edeler, superlative edelst)

  1. noble

Declension

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Declension of edel
uninflected edel
inflected edele
comparative edeler
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial edel edeler het edelst
het edelste
indefinite m./f. sing. edele edelere edelste
n. sing. edel edeler edelste
plural edele edelere edelste
definite edele edelere edelste
partitive edels edelers —

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Anagrams

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Estonian

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Etymology

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From Proto-Finnic *etelä. Cognate with Finnish etelä (“south”).

Noun

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edel (genitive edela, partitive edelat)

  1. southwest

Declension

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Declension of edel (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
singular plural
nominative edel edelad
accusative nom.
gen. edela
genitive edelate
partitive edelat edelaid
illative edelasse edelatesse
edelaisse
inessive edelas edelates
edelais
elative edelast edelatest
edelaist
allative edelale edelatele
edelaile
adessive edelal edelatel
edelail
ablative edelalt edelatelt
edelailt
translative edelaks edelateks
edelaiks
terminative edelani edelateni
essive edelana edelatena
abessive edelata edelateta
comitative edelaga edelatega

Coordinate terms

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  • (compass points)
loe põhi kirre
lääs   ida
edel lõuna kagu

German

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Etymology

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From Middle High German edel, adel, from Old High German adal, from Proto-West Germanic *aþal, Proto-Germanic *aþalaz, see also Old English æþel- (> English athel), Old Norse aðall.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʔeːdl̩/, /ˈʔeːdəl/
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Adjective

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edel (strong nominative masculine singular edler, comparative edler, superlative am edelsten)

  1. (of people) noble (having a noble character)
    Synonym: adlig
  2. (of people, archaic) noble (being a member of the nobility)
  3. (of deeds) noble
  4. (of things) elegant, classy, high-quality
    Synonym: hochwertig
  5. (gems) precious

Declension

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Positive forms of edel
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist edel sie ist edel es ist edel sie sind edel
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative edler edle edles edle
genitive edlen edler edlen edler
dative edlem edler edlem edlen
accusative edlen edle edles edle
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der edle die edle das edle die edlen
genitive des edlen der edlen des edlen der edlen
dative dem edlen der edlen dem edlen den edlen
accusative den edlen die edle das edle die edlen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein edler eine edle ein edles (keine) edlen
genitive eines edlen einer edlen eines edlen (keiner) edlen
dative einem edlen einer edlen einem edlen (keinen) edlen
accusative einen edlen eine edle ein edles (keine) edlen
Comparative forms of edel
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist edler sie ist edler es ist edler sie sind edler
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative edlerer edlere edleres edlere
genitive edleren edlerer edleren edlerer
dative edlerem edlerer edlerem edleren
accusative edleren edlere edleres edlere
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der edlere die edlere das edlere die edleren
genitive des edleren der edleren des edleren der edleren
dative dem edleren der edleren dem edleren den edleren
accusative den edleren die edlere das edlere die edleren
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein edlerer eine edlere ein edleres (keine) edleren
genitive eines edleren einer edleren eines edleren (keiner) edleren
dative einem edleren einer edleren einem edleren (keinen) edleren
accusative einen edleren eine edlere ein edleres (keine) edleren
Superlative forms of edel
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
predicative er ist am edelsten sie ist am edelsten es ist am edelsten sie sind am edelsten
strong declension
(without article) 		nominative edelster edelste edelstes edelste
genitive edelsten edelster edelsten edelster
dative edelstem edelster edelstem edelsten
accusative edelsten edelste edelstes edelste
weak declension
(with definite article) 		nominative der edelste die edelste das edelste die edelsten
genitive des edelsten der edelsten des edelsten der edelsten
dative dem edelsten der edelsten dem edelsten den edelsten
accusative den edelsten die edelste das edelste die edelsten
mixed declension
(with indefinite article) 		nominative ein edelster eine edelste ein edelstes (keine) edelsten
genitive eines edelsten einer edelsten eines edelsten (keiner) edelsten
dative einem edelsten einer edelsten einem edelsten (keinen) edelsten
accusative einen edelsten eine edelste ein edelstes (keine) edelsten

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Further reading

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  • “edel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • “edel” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • “edel” in Duden online

Middle Dutch

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Etymology

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From Old Dutch edel, edele, from Proto-West Germanic *aþuli, from Proto-Germanic *aþulijaz.

Adjective

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ēdel

  1. noble, of high birth
  2. excellent, distinguished
  3. morally noble, righteous

Inflection

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Adjective
Masculine Feminine Neuter Plural
Nominative Indefinite ēdel ēdel, ēdele ēdel ēdel, ēdele
Definite ēdel, ēdele ēdel, ēdele
Accusative Indefinite ēdelen ēdel, ēdele ēdel ēdel, ēdele
Definite ēdel, ēdele
Genitive Indefinite ēdels ēdelre ēdels ēdelre
Definite ēdels, ēdelen ēdels, ēdelen
Dative ēdelen ēdelre ēdelen ēdelen

Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Dutch: edel
  • Limburgish: aedel

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology

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From German Low German edel.

Adjective

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edel (neuter singular edelt, definite singular and plural edle, comparative edlere, indefinite superlative edlest, definite superlative edleste)

  1. noble

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology

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From German Low German edel.

Adjective

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edel (neuter singular edelt, definite singular and plural edle, comparative edlare, indefinite superlative edlast, definite superlative edlaste)

  1. noble

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Veps

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Related to Finnish edellä.

Preposition

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edel

  1. before (in time)

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