dartel

Dutch

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

Etymology 1

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

dartel (comparative darteler, superlative dartelst)

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

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

dartel

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

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