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eitel.

vain (overly proud of oneself, especially one’s outer appearance)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Deutsch language

Meaning & usage

adj/ˈaɪ̯təl/[ˈʔaɪ̯.tʰəl][ˈʔaɪ̯.tʰl̩]

  1. vain (overly proud of oneself, especially one’s outer appearance)

    Er ist so eitel, dass er kaum mal zwanzig Minuten nicht in den Spiegel gucken kann.

  2. vain; void; futile (having no value or effect)

    Der weltliche Genuss ist eitel und vergänglich.

  3. genuine; pure

    dated · formal · uninflected
    Der Ring ist aus eitel Gold.

  4. only; nothing but

    dated · uninflected

  5. empty

    dialectal
Where this word comes from

From Middle High German ītel (“empty, void, vain”), from Old High German ītal (“empty”), from Proto-West Germanic *īdl. Cognate with Luxembourgish eidel (“empty”), Dutch ijdel (“vain”), English idle.

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