wankel
Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *wankal, from Proto-Germanic *wankulaz.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
wankel (comparative wankeler, superlative wankelst)
Inflection
Declension of wankel | ||||
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uninflected | wankel | |||
inflected | wankele | |||
comparative | wankeler | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | wankel | wankeler | het wankelst het wankelste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | wankele | wankelere | wankelste |
n. sing. | wankel | wankeler | wankelste | |
plural | wankele | wankelere | wankelste | |
definite | wankele | wankelere | wankelste | |
partitive | wankels | wankelers | — |
Verb
wankel
- (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of wankelen
- (deprecated template usage) imperative of wankelen
Anagrams
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old English wancol (“unstable, uncertain, fickle, fluctuating; unsteady, tottering, vacillating, weak”), from Proto-Germanic *wankulaz (“unsteady, wavering”), from Proto-Indo-European *wank-, *wak-, *wek-, *weg- (“to be unsteady; crooked”).
Adjective
wankel
- unstable, mutable, tottering, unconstant
- Ðe mereman ... wuneð in wankel stede ðer ðe water sinkeð. — Bestiary, 1300
References
- Middle English Dictionary
- Mayhew and Skeat, A Concise Dictionary of Middle English
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