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edel (attributive edele, comparative edeler, superlative edelste)

1. noble

• edelagbaar
• edelman
• edelsteen

From Middle Dutch ēdel, from Old Dutch edel, edele, from Proto-West Germanic *aþuli, from Proto-Germanic *aþulijaz.

• IPA^(key): /ˈeː.dəl/

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• Hyphenation: edel
• Rhymes: -eːdəl

edel (comparative edeler, superlative edelst)

1. noble

Declension of edel
uninflected	edel
inflected	edele
comparative	edeler
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		edel	edeler	het edelst het edelste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	edele	edelere	edelste
	n. sing.	edel	edeler	edelste
	plural	edele	edelere	edelste
definite		edele	edelere	edelste
partitive		edels	edelers	—

• deel, dele, lede, leed

From Proto-Finnic *etelä. Cognate with Finnish etelä (“south”).

edel (genitive edela, partitive edelat)

1. southwest

Declension of edel (ÕS type 2/õpik, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		edel	edelad
accusative	nom.
	gen.	edela
genitive			edelate
partitive		edelat	edelaid
illative		edelasse	edelatesse edelaisse
inessive		edelas	edelates edelais
elative		edelast	edelatest edelaist
allative		edelale	edelatele edelaile
adessive		edelal	edelatel edelail
ablative		edelalt	edelatelt edelailt
translative		edelaks	edelateks edelaiks
terminative		edelani	edelateni
essive		edelana	edelatena
abessive		edelata	edelateta
comitative		edelaga	edelatega

• (compass points)

loe	põhi	kirre
lääs		ida
edel	lõuna	kagu

From Middle High German edel, adel, from Old High German adal, from Proto-West Germanic *aþal, Proto-Germanic *aþalaz, see also Old English æþel- (> English athel), Old Norse aðall.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔeːdl̩/, /ˈʔeːdəl/

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edel (strong nominative masculine singular edler, comparative edler, superlative am edelsten)

1. (of people) noble (having a noble character)

   Synonym: adlig

2. (of people, archaic) noble (being a member of the nobility)
3. (of deeds) noble
4. (of things) elegant, classy, high-quality

   Synonym: hochwertig

5. (gems) precious

• halbedel

• “edel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
• “edel” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
• “edel” in Duden online

From Old Dutch edel, edele, from Proto-West Germanic *aþuli, from Proto-Germanic *aþulijaz.

ēdel

1. noble, of high birth
2. excellent, distinguished
3. morally noble, righteous

Adjective
		Masculine	Feminine	Neuter	Plural
Nominative	Indefinite	ēdel	ēdel, ēdele	ēdel	ēdel, ēdele
	Definite	ēdel, ēdele		ēdel, ēdele
Accusative	Indefinite	ēdelen	ēdel, ēdele	ēdel	ēdel, ēdele
	Definite			ēdel, ēdele
Genitive	Indefinite	ēdels	ēdelre	ēdels	ēdelre
	Definite	ēdels, ēdelen		ēdels, ēdelen
Dative		ēdelen	ēdelre	ēdelen	ēdelen

• ēdelen

• Dutch: edel
• Limburgish: aedel

• “edel”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “edel (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

From German Low German edel.

edel (neuter singular edelt, definite singular and plural edle, comparative edlere, indefinite superlative edlest, definite superlative edleste)

1. noble

• edelgass
• edelmetall
• edelstein, edelsten
• foredle

• “edel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From German Low German edel.

edel (neuter singular edelt, definite singular and plural edle, comparative edlare, indefinite superlative edlast, definite superlative edlaste)

1. noble

• edelgass
• edelmetall
• edelstein
• foredle

• “edel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Related to Finnish edellä.

edel

1. before (in time)

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “до, перед, передо, под, прежде”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[1], Petrozavodsk: Periodika