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dubbel

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English

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Etymology

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From Dutch dubbel (double). Doublet of double.

Noun

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dubbel (plural dubbels)

  1. A kind of strong brown beer, originally from Belgian Trappist monasteries.
    • 2017, Janet Fletcher, Cheese & Beer, page 35:
      Dubbels typically have a rich, complex, malt-centered personality and a copper or caramel color.

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Dutch

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Etymology

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    From Middle Dutch dobbel, from Old French doble, from Latin duplus. Doublet of doppio, duplo, and double.

    Pronunciation

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    • IPA(key): /ˈdʏ.bəl/
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    • Hyphenation: dub‧bel
    • Rhymes: -ʏbəl

    Adjective

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    dubbel (not comparable)

    1. double, twofold
    2. ambivalent
    3. ambiguous

    Declension

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    Declension of dubbel
    uninflected dubbel
    inflected dubbele
    comparative
    positive
    predicative/adverbial dubbel
    indefinite m./f. sing. dubbele
    n. sing. dubbel
    plural dubbele
    definite dubbele
    partitive dubbels

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    Descendants

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    • Afrikaans: dubbel
    • Negerhollands: dobbel
    • Caribbean Javanese: dhobel
    • Indonesian: dobel

    Swedish

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    Etymology

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    From Old Swedish dobel, dobbell, dubbel, from Old French double, from Latin duplus.

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    Adjective

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    dubbel (not comparable)

    1. double

    Declension

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    Inflection of dubbel
    Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
    common singular dubbel
    neuter singular dubbelt
    plural dubbla
    masculine plural2 dubble
    Definite positive comparative superlative
    masculine singular3 dubble
    all dubbla

    1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
    2 Dated or archaic.
    3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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    Further reading

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    • dubbel”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
    • dubbel in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)

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