# edel
## Afrikaans
### Etymology

From Dutch edel.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈiə̯dəl/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

edel (attributive edele or edel, comparative edeler, superlative edelste)
* noble

#### Derived terms

* edelagbaar
* edelman
* edelsteen

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch ēdel, from Old Dutch edel, edele, from Proto-West Germanic *aþuli, from Proto-Germanic *aþulijaz.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈeː.dəl/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: edel
* Rhymes: -eːdəl

### Adjective

edel (comparative edeler, superlative edelst)
* noble

#### Derived terms

* edelachtbare
* edelgas
* edelheid
* edeling
* edelman
* edelmarter
* edelmetaal
* edelstaal
* edelsteen
* edelvrouw
* veredelen

#### Related terms

* adel

### Anagrams

* deel, dele, lede, leed

## Estonian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *etelä. Cognate with Finnish etelä (“south”).

### Noun

edel (genitive edela, partitive edelat)
* southwest

#### Coordinate terms

compass points:
| loe | põhi | kirre |
| lääs | | ida |
| edel | lõuna | kagu |

## German
### Etymology

From Middle High German edel, adel, from Old High German adal, from Proto-West Germanic *aþal, Proto-Germanic *aþalaz, see also Old English æþel- (> English athel), Old Norse aðall.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʔeːdl̩/, /ˈʔeːdəl/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

edel (strong nominative masculine singular edler, comparative edler, superlative am edelsten)
* (of people) noble (having a noble character)
    Synonym: adlig
* (of people, archaic) noble (being a member of the nobility)
* (of deeds) noble
* (of things) elegant, classy, high-quality
    Synonym: hochwertig
* (of gems) precious

#### Derived terms

* halbedel

### Further reading

* “edel” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
* “edel” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
* “edel” in Duden online

## Middle Dutch
### Etymology

From Old Dutch edel, edele, from Proto-West Germanic *aþuli, from Proto-Germanic *aþulijaz.

### Adjective

ēdel
* noble, of high birth
* excellent, distinguished
* morally noble, righteous

#### Derived terms

* ēdelen

#### Descendants

* Dutch: edel
* Limburgish: aedel

### Further reading

* “edel”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
* Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “edel (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From German Low German edel.

### Adjective

edel (neuter singular edelt, definite singular and plural edle, comparative edlere, indefinite superlative edlest, definite superlative edleste)
* noble

#### Derived terms

* edelgass
* edelmetall
* edelstein, edelsten
* foredle

### References

* “edel” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From German Low German edel.

### Adjective

edel (neuter singular edelt, definite singular and plural edle, comparative edlare, indefinite superlative edlast, definite superlative edlaste)
* noble

#### Derived terms

* edelgass
* edelmetall
* edelstein
* foredle

### References

* “edel” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Veps
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) Related to Finnish edellä.

### Preposition

edel
* before (in time)

### References

* Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “до, перед, передо, под, прежде”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika