twijfel
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtʋɛi̯.fəl/
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: twij‧fel
- Rhymes: -ɛi̯fəl
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch twivel, twifel, from Old Dutch twīval, from Proto-West Germanic *twīfl, from Proto-Germanic *twīflaz, equivalent to an old derivation of Dutch twee (“two”).
Noun
twijfel m (plural twijfels, diminutive twijfeltje n)
- doubt, uncertainty
- Synonym: bedenking
Derived terms
Descendants
- Afrikaans: twyfel
- Negerhollands: twiefel, twieffel
- → Sranan Tongo: twèifel
- → Caribbean Javanese: twèifel
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
twijfel
- inflection of twijfelen:
- first-person singular present indicative
- (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
- imperative