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adel.

nobility, aristocracy.

4 characters2 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈɑːdɛl/

  1. nobility, aristocracy.

    common-gender · uncountable
    Den svenska adeln har idag inga särskilda privilegier.

  2. alternative form of adal (“real, pure, antique, old”)

    alt-of · alternative · common-gender · dialectal · uncountable

  3. excellent, good

    common-gender · dialectal · obsolete · uncountable
Where this word comes from

From Late Old Swedish adel, adhal, earlier aþal, aþul, aþol, aþel, aþil, from Old Norse aðal, from Proto-Germanic *aþalą. The word was heavily influenced by Middle Low German adel (“noble descent; nobility”), from Old Saxon athal, from Proto-Germanic *aþalaz (whence also Old Swedish aþal-). Related to German Adel and English athel. Compare also Icelandic aðall (“nobility”).

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