iel in Dutch

IPA: /il/ Audio: Nl-iel.ogg

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Rhymes: -il Etymology: Contracted from late Middle Dutch idel, which survives uncontracted as ijdel. An alternative contracted form led to ijl. Head templates: {{nl-adj}} iel (comparative ieler, superlative ielst) Inflection templates: {{nl-decl-adj}} Forms: ieler [comparative], ielst [superlative], no-table-tags [table-tags], iel [adverbial, positive, predicative], ieler [adverbial, comparative, predicative], het ielst [adverbial, predicative, superlative], het ielste [adverbial, predicative, superlative], iele [feminine, indefinite, masculine, positive, singular], ielere [comparative, feminine, indefinite, masculine, singular], ielste [feminine, indefinite, masculine, singular, superlative], iel [indefinite, neuter, positive, singular], ieler [comparative, indefinite, neuter, singular], ielste [indefinite, neuter, singular, superlative], iele [indefinite, plural, positive], ielere [comparative, indefinite, plural], ielste [indefinite, plural, superlative], iele [definite, positive], ielere [comparative, definite], ielste [definite, superlative], iels [partitive, positive], ielers [comparative, partitive], - [partitive, superlative]

Interjection

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        "predicative",
        "superlative"
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        "adverbial",
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        "superlative"
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        "masculine",
        "positive",
        "singular"
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      "form": "ielers",
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        "partitive"
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      "form": "-",
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}

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      "form": "iels",
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        "partitive",
        "positive"
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      "form": "ielers",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "comparative",
        "partitive"
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"iel" meaning in Dutch

Adjective

Interjection