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nobility(class of people)
Deadel had vroeger veel macht in Europa. ―Thenobility used to have a lot of power in Europe.
Hij stamt af van de oudeadel. ―He descends from the oldnobility.
In veel landen is deadel een ceremoniële klasse. ―In many countries, thenobility is a ceremonial class.
nobility(quality of being noble)
Synonyms:edelheid,noblesse
Hij had eenadel van geest die doorscheen in zijn werken. ―He possessed anobility of spirit that is reflected in his works.

Afrikaans:adel
→ Estonian:aadel^[1]
→ Javanese:adhel
→ Papiamentu:adel

References

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^van der Sijs, Nicoline (2010), “adel”, inNederlandse woorden wereldwijd [Dutch words worldwide]‎^[1] (in Dutch), The Hague: Sdu Uitgevers,→ISBN,→OCLC, page172

Anagrams

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dale,lade

German

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Pronunciation

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Audio(Germany (Berlin)): (file)

Verb

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adel

inflection ofadeln:
1. first-person singular present
2. singular imperative

Middle English

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Alternative forms

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addull,adyll

Etymology

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FromOld Englishadel,adela, fromProto-West Germanic*adal, fromProto-Germanic*adalaz.

Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ˈadəl/

Adjective

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adel (plural and weak singularadle)(rare)

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

Descendants

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

References

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

Middle Low German

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Alternative forms

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adele,addel

Etymology

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FromOld Saxon*athal, fromProto-West Germanic*aþal.

Noun

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adel m or n

nobility

Descendants

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Low German:Adel
Westphalian:
Ravensbergisch-Lippisch:iadel
→ Norwegian:adel^[1]
→ Swedish:adel^[1]
- → Finnish:aateli^[1]

Noun

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adel

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

References

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↑^1.0^1.1^1.2van der Sijs, Nicoline (2010), “adel”, inNederlandse woorden wereldwijd [Dutch words worldwide]‎^[2] (in Dutch), The Hague: Sdu Uitgevers,→ISBN,→OCLC, page172

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

Norwegian Bokmål

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Pronunciation

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IPA^(key): /ˈɑ̀ːdel/

Etymology 1

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Formally, the word is the same as Old Norseaðal, but the meaning is derived fromMiddle Low Germanadel; compare modernGermanAdel.

Noun

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adel m (definite singularadelen,uncountable)

nobility

Derived terms

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Related terms

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adle

References

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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

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FromOld Norseaðal.

Noun

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adel m

(dialectal)heartwood

Synonyms

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kjerneved

References

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Ivar Aasen (1850), “adel”, inOrdbog over det norske Folkesprog‎^[3] (in Danish), Oslo:Samlaget, published2000
“adel” inThe Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Pronunciation

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

Noun

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adel m (definite singularadelen,indefinite pluraladlar,definite pluraladlane)

nobility

Derived terms

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Related terms

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adla

References

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“adel” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old English

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Noun

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ādel f

alternative form ofādl

Swedish

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Etymology

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FromOld Swedishadel, borrowed from or influenced byMiddle Low Germanadel(“noble descent; nobility”), fromOld Saxonathal, fromProto-Germanic*aþalaz (whence also Old Swedishaþal-).^[1]^[2] Related to GermanAdel and Englishathel. Compare alsoIcelandicaðall(“nobility”).