English

Proper noun

Adel

1. A male given name.
2. A female given name; a rare variant of Adele.
3. An English surname.

Anagrams

• dale, Dale
• deal
• E.D. La.
• lade
• lead

German

Etymology

From Old High German adal, from Proto-Germanic *aþalą. More at athel.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaːdl̩]
• Hyphenation: Adel

Noun

Adel m ‎(genitive Adels, no plural)

1. nobility

Declension

Derived terms

References

• Adel in Duden online

Dutch

Noun

adel m ‎(uncountable)

1. nobility

Derived terms

• adelen
• adellijk

Anagrams

• dale, lade

German

Verb

adel

1. First-person singular present of adeln.
2. Imperative singular of adeln.

Norwegian Bokmål

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑ̀ːdel/

Etymology 1

Formally, the word is the same as Old Norse aðal, but the meaning is derived from Middle Low German adel; compare modern German Adel.

Noun

adel m ‎(definite singular adelen, uncountable)

1. nobility

Derived terms

• adelsmann

References

• Falk, Hjalmar; Torp, Alf (1903–06) Etymologisk ordbog over det norske og det danske sprog [Etymological Dictionary of the Norwegian and Danish Languages]

Etymology 2

From Old Norse aðal.

Noun

adel m

1. (dialectal) heartwood

Synonyms

• kjerneved

References

• Ivar Aasen, Ordbog over det norske Folkesprog, 1850.

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑːdel/

Etymology

Borrowing from Middle Low German adel ‎(“noble descent; nobility”), from Old Saxon athal, from Proto-Germanic *aþalaz (whence also Old Swedish aþal-)^[1][2]. Related to German Adel and English athel. Compare also Icelandic aðall ‎(“nobility”).

Noun

adel c ‎(uncountable)

1. nobility, aristocracy.

   Den svenska adeln har idag inga särskilda privilegier.

   Today the Swedish nobility has no special privileges.

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

• ädel
• ädling

See also

Anagrams

• leda
• dela
• lade

References

• adel in Svenska Akademiens ordlista över svenska språket (8th ed., 1923)

1. ↑ adel in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)
2. ↑ adel in Svenska Akademiens ordbok online.

Volapük

Noun

adel ‎(plural adels)

1. today

Declension

Derived terms

• adelo
• adelo gödiko

Related terms

• ädelo
• ädelo gödiko
• del
• kronamadel
• läbadel
• odelo gödiko