tiufal

Old High German

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Proto-West Germanic *diubul; see modern German Teufel for more. The word might have adopted its -f- by association with tiof (“deep”), as the expected form would be *tiubal.

Noun

tiufal m (plural tiufala)

  1. devil

Declension

Declension of tiufal (masculine a-stem)
case singular plural
nominative tiufal tiufalā, tiufala
accusative tiufal tiufalā, tiufala
genitive tiufales tiufalo
dative tiufale tiufalum
instrumental tiufalu —

Descendants

  • Middle High German: tiuvel, tievel
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