dartel

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Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈdɑr.təl/
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  • Hyphenation: dar‧tel
  • Rhymes: -ɑrtəl

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle Dutch dertel, derten; further etymology unclear. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerh₃- (“to leap, spring forth”); if so, Germanic relatives would include Danish dirre (“to tremble, quiver”) and Swedish darra.[1][2]

Adjective[edit]

dartel (comparative darteler, superlative dartelst)

  1. frisky, frolic, playful, gamesome
Inflection[edit]
Inflection of dartel
uninflected dartel
inflected dartele
comparative darteler
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial dartel darteler het dartelst
het dartelste
indefinite m./f. sing. dartele dartelere dartelste
n. sing. dartel darteler dartelste
plural dartele dartelere dartelste
definite dartele dartelere dartelste
partitive dartels dartelers —
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • → Papiamentu: dardu

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

dartel

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

References[edit]

  1. ^ van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “dartel1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
  2. ^ “darra”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy]‎[1] (in Swedish), 1937
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