dadel – Dutch noun declension

Dutch noun forms of dadel

Noun: dadel
Gender: Masculine, Feminine Hyphenation:
Sg.dadel
Pl.dadels

Sample Sentences

  • Ik eet elke dag een dadel voor energie. (I eat a date every day for energy.)
  • Deze doos bevat vijftig dadels. (This box contains fifty dates.)
  • Het dadeltje was zoet en sappig. (The little date was sweet and juicy.)

Etymology

From Middle Dutch dadele. Ultimately from Latin dactylus, from Ancient Greek δάκτυλος (dáktulos), with the sense “date” probably deriving from a Semitic language. See: Latin Nouns 'dactylus', Ancient Greek Nouns 'δάκτυλος'.

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