sleutel
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch sleutel, from Middle Dutch slōtel, sluetel, from Old Dutch *slutil, from Proto-West Germanic *slutil.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈslɪø.təl/
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Noun
sleutel (plural sleutels, diminutive sleuteltjie)
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio: (file) - IPA(key): /ˈsløː.təl/
- Hyphenation: sleu‧tel
- Rhymes: -øːtəl
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch slōtel, sluetel, from Old Dutch *slutil, from Proto-West Germanic *slutil, which is derived from *sleutan (“to close”). Equivalent to sluiten + -el.
Noun
sleutel m (plural sleutels, diminutive sleuteltje n)
- a key
- De sleutel van de auto ― The key of the car
- De sleutel tot geluk ― The key to happiness
- a wrench, a spanner
- (music) a clef
Derived terms
- altsleutel
- autosleutel
- bassleutel
- C-sleutel
- dosleutel
- fasleutel
- fietssleutel
- G-sleutel
- hemelsleutel
- muzieksleutel
- sleutelbaard
- sleutelbloem
- sleutelbos
- sleutelen
- sleutelfiguur
- sleutelgat
- sleutelhanger
- sleutelkind
- sleutelrol
- sleutelroman
- solsleutel
- sopraansleutel
- tenoorsleutel
Related terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: sleutel
- Berbice Creole Dutch: slotro, slutro
- Negerhollands: sleuter, sleetel
- → Lokono: shilotoro
- → Aukan: sooto
- → Saramaccan: sòotó
- → Sranan Tongo: sroto, slotto
- → Caribbean Javanese: sroto
- → Trió: soroto
- → Warao: sidyotóre, sidiotore
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
sleutel
- inflection of sleutelen:
- first-person singular present indicative
- (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
- imperative