adel

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaːdəl/

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Noun

adel m (uncountable)

1. nobility

Anagrams

• dale, lade

Verb

adel

1. First-person singular present of adeln.
2. Imperative singular of adeln.

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.

Etymology 2

From Old Norse aðal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːdɛl/

Noun

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

1. nobility

References

• “adel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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-)^{[1] [2]}. Related to German Adel and English athel. Compare also Icelandic aðall (“nobility”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːdel/

Noun

adel c (uncountable)

1. nobility, aristocracy.

   Den svenska adeln har idag inga särskilda privilegier.

   Today the Swedish nobility has no special privileges.

References

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

Anagrams

• leda
• dela
• lade

Noun

adel (plural adels)

1. today