vulen

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Middle Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Dutch *fūlen, from Proto-West Germanic *fūlijan.

Verb[edit]

vulen

  1. to make/become foul, stinking, rotten
  2. to become worthless

Inflection[edit]

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

Descendants[edit]

  • Dutch: vuilen
  • Limburgish: voele

Further reading[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Swedish vurdhin, past participle of varda (become).

Adjective[edit]

vulen (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) of certain qualities
    Synonym: beskaffad

Declension[edit]

Inflection of vulen
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular vulen
Neuter singular vulet
Plural vulna
Masculine plural3 vulne
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 vulne
All vulna
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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