casteel

Middle Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Northern French castel, from Latin castellum.

Noun

castêel m or n

1. castle
2. fortified town, fortification

Inflection

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants

• Dutch: kasteel
  • Afrikaans: kasteel
  • Negerhollands: kastell
  • → Mahican: găstēnik
  • → Malay: kastil
    • Indonesian: kastel, kastil
  • → Papiamentu: kastel
  • → West Frisian: kastiel
• Limburgish: kestieël
• West Flemish: kastêel, kastjil
• → Middle High German: kastēl
  • German: Kastell (partially)

Further reading

• “casteel”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “casteel”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN