Noun: Feudel
Gender: Masculine
Hyphenation:
Nominative
Indefinite
| Singular | ein Feudel |
| Plural | Feudel |
Definite
| Singular | der Feudel |
| Plural | die Feudel |
Genitive
Indefinite
| Singular | eines Feudels |
| Plural | Feudel |
Definite
| Singular | des Feudels |
| Plural | der Feudel |
Dative
Indefinite
| Singular | einem Feudel |
| Plural | Feudeln |
Definite
| Singular | dem Feudel |
| Plural | den Feudeln |
Accusative
Indefinite
| Singular | einen Feudel |
| Plural | Feudel |
Definite
| Singular | den Feudel |
| Plural | die Feudel |
Sample Sentences
Nouns inflected like Feudel
Flugsaurier,
Wellness-Center,
Kampfradler,
Weichspüler,
Hackschnitzel,
Muschilecker,
Spiralbohrer,
Korbmacher,
Fabeldichter,
Rosinenpicker,
Gründungsgesellschafter,
Fahrradfahrer,
Chelatbildner,
Meteoritenschauer,
Dansweiler,
Brixener,
Landsberger,
Schwertel,
Eichelhäher,
Mühlenberger, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
1. Borrowed from Low German Feudel, Feul, Feil, either from or cognate with Dutch feil (“floorcloth”, attested 1616). Further origin uncertain. Ripuarian Fuddel (“old rag”), if related, would suggest that the d is original, whereas all of the following theories require that it is due to hypercorrection:
2. * From Old French faille (“headscarf, veil”), but this is itself of unknown origin and the sense is only a vague match.
3. * From Proto-West Germanic *fāgil(u), *fegil(u), a hypothetical tool noun of *fāgōn, *fegōn (“to clean, brush”), whence Dutch vagen, German fegen.
4. * From corruption of Proto-West Germanic *þwahilu, tool noun of *þwahan (“to wash”). Compare Dutch dweil, Middle Low German dweile (“cleaning cloth, floorcloth”). This would be the easiest explanation as Dutch dweil and feil are entirely synonymous. A development þw → f is also phonetically plausible, though there seem to be no analogous examples. See: Dutch Nouns '
feil'.
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