feil

See also: Feil and féil

German

Etymology

From Middle High German veil, veile, from a conflation of Old High German feili ("good, trusty"; from Proto-Germanic *failijaz) and fali ("venal, for-sale"; from Proto-Germanic *faliz). Cognate with Dutch veil and Old Norse falr (> Danish, Norwegian, Swedish fal). Another cognates include Ancient Greek πωλέω (pōléō, “sell”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [faɪ̯l]
  • Rhymes: -aɪ̯l

Adjective

feil (not comparable)

  1. vendible, for sale (often used in constructions such as feil halten, feil stehen)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • feil in Duden online

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German feil, fēl, which is borrowed from Old French faille, which is derived from Latin fallō. Cognate with Danish fejl, Swedish fel, German Fehler and English fail.[1]. Adverb and adjective derived from the noun.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /fæɪl/

Adjective

feil (indeclinable)

  1. wrong

Adverb

feil

  1. wrong

Noun

feil m (definite singular feilen, indefinite plural feil, definite plural feila or feilene)

  1. error, mistake

Derived terms

Further reading

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

feil (indeclinable)

  1. wrong

Adverb

feil

  1. wrong

Noun

feil m (definite singular feilen, indefinite plural feil, definite plural feila)

  1. error, mistake

Derived terms

References

  1. ↑ Alf Torp, "Nynorsk Etymologisk Ordbok", Oslo 1992 (reprint), →ISBN

Old Irish

Verb

feil

  1. Alternative form of fil

Volapük

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [feˈil]

Proper noun

feil

  1. tilth

Declension

Derived terms

  • feilan
  • feilanik
  • feilaläned
  • feilam
  • feilav
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