vuil
Afrikaans
Etymology
From Dutch vuil, from Middle Dutch vuul, from Old Dutch *fūl, from Proto-Germanic *fūlaz.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
vuil (attributive vuil or (seldom) vuile, comparative vuiler, superlative vuilste)
- dirty, not clean
- Deur die vuil venster kon ek niks sien nie.
- I couldn’t see anything through the dirty window.
- (figurative) obscene, indecent, dishonorable
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch vuul, from Old Dutch *fūl. The adjective is from Proto-West Germanic *fūl, from Proto-Germanic *fūlaz, the noun from Proto-Germanic *fūlą. Ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *pū-, *pew-. Akin to English foul, German faul, Danish and Swedish ful.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vœy̯l/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -œy̯l
Adjective
vuil (comparative vuiler, superlative vuilst)
- foul, dirty, filthy
- obscene, lewd
- dishonorable
- illegal, improper
- (nautical) fouled, having its wetted surface polluted by marine organisms
Declension
| Declension of vuil | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | vuil | |||
| inflected | vuile | |||
| comparative | vuiler | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | vuil | vuiler | het vuilst het vuilste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | vuile | vuilere | vuilste |
| n. sing. | vuil | vuiler | vuilste | |
| plural | vuile | vuilere | vuilste | |
| definite | vuile | vuilere | vuilste | |
| partitive | vuils | vuilers | — | |
Derived terms
Descendants
Noun
vuil n (uncountable, diminutive vuiltje n)