adel

See also: Adel, Adél, ädel, and a del

Afrikaans

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑː.dəl/

Noun

adel (uncountable)

1. nobility, aristocracy

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːdəl/

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• Hyphenation: adel
• Rhymes: -aːdəl

Noun

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.

Derived terms

• adelen
• Adelheid
• adellijk
• adelstand
• hoogadel
• landadel
• ontadelen

 

Related terms

• edel

 

Descendants

• Afrikaans: adel
• → Estonian: aadel
• → Javanese: adhel
• → Papiamentu: adel

Anagrams

• dale, lade

German

Pronunciation

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Verb

adel

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

Middle English

Alternative forms

• addull, adyll

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈadəl/

Adjective

adel (plural and weak singular adle) (rare)

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

Descendants

• English: addle
• Scots: addle, addil, aidle, aidil, adle

References

• “adel(e, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Middle Low German

Alternative forms

• adele, addel

Etymology

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

Noun

adel (m) or (n)

1. nobility

Descendants

• Low German: Adel
• Westphalian:

  Ravensbergisch-Lippisch: iadel

• → Norwegian: adel
• → Swedish: adel
  • → Finnish: aateli

Noun

adel

1. tumor, ulcer, esp. finger ulcer (m)
2. mining tunnel or gallery
3. accumulated nasty moisture, liquid manure, manure slurry

References

• Lübben, August und Christoph Walther Mittelniederdeutsches Handwörterbuch, Vol II, 1888. Published by Norden und Leipzig. Entry: adel

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑ̀ːdel/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

adel m (definite singular adelen, uncountable)

1. nobility

Derived terms

• adelig
• adelsbrev
• adelsdame
• adelsdiplom
• adelsfrue
• adelskalender
• adelskap
• adelskvinne
• adelsmann
• adelsmerke
• adelsprivilegium
• adelsskjold
• adelsslekt
• adelsstand
• adelstittel
• adelsætt

 

Related terms

• adle

References

• Falk, Hjalmar, Torp, Alf (1903–06) Etymologisk ordbog over det norske og det danske sprog [Etymological Dictionary of the Norwegian and Danish Languages]

Etymology 2

From Old Norse aðal.

Noun

adel m

1. (dialectal) heartwood

Synonyms

• kjerneved

References

• Ivar Aasen (1850) “adel”, in Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog‎^[3] (in Danish), Oslo: Samlaget, published 2000
• “adel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

1. nobility

Derived terms

• adeleg
• adelsblod
• adelsbrev
• adelsdame
• adelsdiplom
• adelsfrue
• adelskalender
• adelskap
• adelskvinne
• adelsmann
• adelsmerke
• adelsprivilegium
• adelsskjold
• adelsslekt
• adelsstand
• adelstittel
• adelsvelde
• adelsætt

 

Related terms

• adla

References

• “adel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

Noun

ādel f

1. Alternative form of ādl

Swedish

Etymology

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-). Related to German Adel and English athel. Compare also Icelandic aðall (“nobility”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːdɛl/

Noun

adel c (uncountable)

1. nobility, aristocracy.

   Den svenska adeln har idag inga särskilda privilegier.

   Today the Swedish nobility has no special privileges.

Declension

Declension of adel

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	adel	adels
	definite	adeln	adelns
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

Derived terms

• adelsbrev
• adelsdam
• adelshögfärd
• adelskalender
• adelskap
• adelskvinna
• adelsman
• adelsmärke
• adelsmöte
• adelsprivilegier
• adelssläkt
• adelsstolt
• adelsstånd
• adelstitel
• adla
• adlig
• bördsadel
• fattigadel
• högadel
• lågadel
• tjänsteadel
• ämbetsadel

 

Related terms

• ädel
• ädling

See also

• baron m
• baronessa f
• drottning f
• landriddare m
• friherre m
• friherrinna f
• fru f
• frälse
• furste m
• greve m
• grevinna f
• hertig m
• hertiginna f
• jarl m
• kung m
• kejsare m
• kejsarinna f
• kronprins m
• kronprinsessa f
• markis m
• prins m
• prinsessa f
• riddare m

References

• adel in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (8th ed., 1923)

Anagrams

• Edla, dela, lade, leda

Volapük

Noun

adel (nominative plural adels)

1. today

Declension

declension of adel

	singular	plural
nominative	adel	adels
genitive	adela	adelas
dative	adele	adeles
accusative	adeli	adelis
vocative 1	o adel!	o adels!
predicative 2	adelu	adelus

• ¹ status as a case is disputed
• ² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Derived terms

• adelo
• adelo gödiko

Related terms

• ädelo
• ädelo gödiko
• del
• kronamadel
• läbadel
• odelo gödiko