dél

See also: Appendix:Variations of "del"

Asturian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdel/ [ˈd̪el]

Adjective

dél

1. alternative form of dello (when lacking the neuter)

Adverb

dél

1. alternative form of dello (when lacking the neuter)

Noun

dél

1. alternative form of dello (when lacking the neuter)

Further reading

• “dél”, in Diccionariu de la llingua asturiana [Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Asturian), 1st edition, Academy of the Asturian Language [Asturian: Academia de la Llingua Asturiana], 2000, →ISBN
• Xosé Lluis García Arias (2002–2004), “dél”, in Diccionario general de la lengua asturiana [General Dictionary of the Asturian Language] (in Spanish), Editorial Prensa Asturiana, →ISBN

Hungarian

Compass rose

Etymology

Borrowing from an Oghur language, before the times of the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin (at the turn of the 9th and 10th centuries), from Proto-Turkic *tüĺ (“noon”). Compare Tuvan дүш (düş, “noon”), dialectal Turkish düş (“noon”). Semantically, compare also Italian mezzogiorno of similar meanings (both “noon” and “south”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdeːl]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -eːl

Noun

dél (countable and uncountable, plural delek)

2. noon
4. (singular only) south, abbreviated as D

   Coordinate terms: észak, kelet, nyugat

Usage notes

• (noon):

Adverbs of temporal nouns     (see also: Appendix:Hungarian words of time)
no suffix (the noun can act as an adverb)	nappal (“daytime”), reggel (“early morning”), délelőtt (“late morning”), délután (“afternoon”), este (“evening”), éjjel / éjszaka (“night”), and vasárnap (“Sunday”)
-kor (“at”)	pirkadat / virradat (“dawn”), napkelte (“sunrise”), napnyugta (“sunset”), alkonyat (“dusk”), szürkület (“twilight”), éjfél (“midnight”), hours and minutes, and the names of holidays (húsvét (“Easter”) etc.)
-ban/-ben (“in”)	dél (“noon”), hajnal (“daybreak”), names of months (január–december) and hónap (“month”), évszak (“season”), év (“year”) and specific years, évtized (“decade”) and longer periods
-n/-on/-en/-ön (“on”)	days of the week (hétfő–szombat) except Sunday, days of the month (elseje (“1st”), másodika (“2nd”) etc.), nap (“day”), hét (“week”), nyár (“summer”), and tél (“winter”)
-val/-vel (“with”, assimilated: -szal/-szel)	tavasz (“spring”), ősz (“autumn, fall”)

• (south): Names of compass points are not capitalized in Hungarian unless they refer to a given bloc of countries or states or when they are part of a proper name (e.g. Nyugat-Szahara). However, their abbreviations are capitalized and have no dot at the end. (The dotted forms are the abbreviations of the related adjectives suffixed with ‑i.)

Declension

(noon):

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	dél	delek
accusative	delet	deleket
dative	délnek	deleknek
instrumental	déllel	delekkel
causal-final	délért	delekért
translative	déllé	delekké
terminative	délig	delekig
essive-formal	délként	delekként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	délben	delekben
superessive	délen	deleken
adessive	délnél	deleknél
illative	délbe	delekbe
sublative	délre	delekre
allative	délhez	delekhez
elative	délből	delekből
delative	délről	delekről
ablative	déltől	delektől
non-attributive possessive – singular	délé	deleké
non-attributive possessive – plural	déléi	delekéi

Possessive forms of dél

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	delem	deleim
2nd person sing.	deled	deleid
3rd person sing.	dele	delei
1st person plural	delünk	deleink
2nd person plural	deletek	deleitek
3rd person plural	delük	deleik

(south):

Inflection (stem in -e-, front unrounded harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	dél	—
accusative	délt	—
dative	délnek	—
instrumental	déllel	—
causal-final	délért	—
translative	déllé	—
terminative	délig	—
essive-formal	délként	—
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	délben	—
superessive	délen	—
adessive	délnél	—
illative	délbe	—
sublative	délre	—
allative	délhez	—
elative	délből	—
delative	délről	—
ablative	déltől	—
non-attributive possessive – singular	délé	—
non-attributive possessive – plural	déléi	—

Possessive forms of dél

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	délem	—
2nd person sing.	déled	—
3rd person sing.	délje	—
1st person plural	délünk	—
2nd person plural	déletek	—
3rd person plural	déljük	—

Coordinate terms

compass points: égtájak:  ^[edit]

északnyugat (ÉNy)	észak (É)	északkelet (ÉK)
nyugat (Ny)		kelet (K)
délnyugat (DNy)	dél (D)	délkelet (DK)

Derived terms

• (noon):

• delel
• délben
• déli

Compound words

• délelőtt
• délkör
• déltájban
• déltájt
• délután

• (south):

Compound adjectives and common nouns

• dél-délkelet
• dél-délnyugat
• délkelet
• délnyugat
• délszláv

Compounds proper nouns

• Dél-Afrika → dél-afrikai → Dél-afrikai Köztársaság
• Dél-Amerika
• Dél-Európa
• Dél-Karolina
• Dél-kínai-tenger
• Dél-Korea
• Dél-Oszétia
• Dél-Szudán
• Új-Dél-Wales

Further reading

• dél in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• dél in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2026).

Kashubian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Middle Low German deelbor.

Kashubian dél

Borrowed from Middle Low German deel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdel/
• Rhymes: -el
• Syllabification: dél

Noun

dél m inan (diminutive délk or délëk or délëczk)

1. board, plank

   Synonym: (regional, rare) deska

Derived terms

adjectives

• òdélowóny

nouns

• délorolka

verbs

• délowac

Further reading

• Stefan Ramułt (1993) [1893], “dél”, in Jerzy Trepczyk, editor, Słownik języka pomorskiego czyli kaszubskiego (in Kashubian), 3 edition
• Sychta, Bernard (1967), “dėl”, in Słownik gwar kaszubskich [Dictionary of Kashubian dialects] (in Polish), volumes 1 (A – Ǵ), Wrocław: Ossolineum, page 195
• Jan Trepczyk (1994), “deska”, in Słownik polsko-kaszubski (in Kashubian), volumes 1–2
• Eùgeniusz Gòłąbk (2011), “deska”, in Słownik Polsko-Kaszubski / Słowôrz Pòlskò-Kaszëbsczi‎^[1]
• “dél”, in Internetowi Słowôrz Kaszëbsczégò Jãzëka [Internet Dictionary of the Kashubian Language], Fundacja Kaszuby, 2022

Spanish

Etymology

• preposition de + pronoun él

Contraction

dél

1. (obsolete) of him, from him

Related terms

• della
• dellas
• dellos

Further reading

• “dél”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025