"feil" meaning in German

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Adjective

IPA: [faɪ̯l] Audio: De-feil.ogg
Rhymes: -aɪ̯l Etymology: From Middle High German veile, from Old High German feili (“for sale”), from Proto-West Germanic *failī. Possibly merged with a descendant of Proto-Germanic *falaz, but this is uncertain. Old High German fali is only attested once in a text that uses ai for ei, thus quite plausibly a mere scribal error (regarding also that short a should be umlauted to e). Cognate with Dutch veil. From *falaz stems Old Norse falr (whence Norwegian Nynorsk fal, Swedish fal). The latter is related with Old Church Slavonic плѣнъ (plěnŭ, “booty”), Ancient Greek πωλέω (pōléō, “sell”). Etymology templates: {{der|de|gmh|veile}} Middle High German veile, {{der|de|goh|feili|t=for sale}} Old High German feili (“for sale”), {{der|de|gmw-pro|*failī}} Proto-West Germanic *failī, {{der|de|gem-pro|*falaz}} Proto-Germanic *falaz, {{m+|goh|fali}} Old High German fali, {{m|goh||ai}} ai, {{m|goh||ei}} ei, {{m|goh||a}} a, {{m|goh||e}} e, {{cog|nl|veil}} Dutch veil, {{m|gem-pro||*falaz}} *falaz, {{cog|non|falr}} Old Norse falr, {{cog|nn|fal}} Norwegian Nynorsk fal, {{cog|sv|fal}} Swedish fal, {{cog|cu|плѣнъ||booty}} Old Church Slavonic плѣнъ (plěnŭ, “booty”), {{cog|grc|πωλέω||sell}} Ancient Greek πωλέω (pōléō, “sell”) Head templates: {{de-adj}} feil (strong nominative masculine singular feiler, not comparable) Inflection templates: {{de-adecl}} Forms: feiler [masculine, nominative, singular, strong], no-table-tags [table-tags], feil [masculine, predicative, singular], feil [feminine, predicative, singular], feil [neuter, predicative, singular], feil [plural, predicative], feiler [masculine, nominative, singular, strong, without-article], feile [feminine, nominative, singular, strong, without-article], feiles [neuter, nominative, singular, strong, without-article], feile [nominative, plural, strong, without-article], feilen [genitive, masculine, singular, strong, without-article], feiler [feminine, genitive, singular, strong, without-article], feilen [genitive, neuter, singular, strong, without-article], feiler [genitive, plural, strong, without-article], feilem [dative, masculine, singular, strong, without-article], feiler [dative, feminine, singular, strong, without-article], feilem [dative, neuter, singular, strong, without-article], feilen [dative, plural, strong, without-article], feilen [accusative, masculine, singular, strong, without-article], feile [accusative, feminine, singular, strong, without-article], feiles [accusative, neuter, singular, strong, without-article], feile [accusative, plural, strong, without-article], der feile [definite, includes-article, masculine, nominative, singular, weak], die feile [definite, feminine, includes-article, nominative, singular, weak], das feile [definite, includes-article, neuter, nominative, singular, weak], die feilen [definite, includes-article, nominative, plural, weak], des feilen [definite, genitive, includes-article, masculine, singular, weak], der feilen [definite, feminine, genitive, includes-article, singular, weak], des feilen [definite, genitive, includes-article, neuter, singular, weak], der feilen [definite, genitive, includes-article, plural, weak], dem feilen [dative, definite, includes-article, masculine, singular, weak], der feilen [dative, definite, feminine, includes-article, singular, weak], dem feilen [dative, definite, includes-article, neuter, singular, weak], den feilen [dative, definite, includes-article, plural, weak], den feilen [accusative, definite, includes-article, masculine, singular, weak], die feile [accusative, definite, feminine, includes-article, singular, weak], das feile [accusative, definite, includes-article, neuter, singular, weak], die feilen [accusative, definite, includes-article, plural, weak], ein feiler [includes-article, indefinite, masculine, mixed, nominative, singular], eine feile [feminine, includes-article, indefinite, mixed, nominative, singular], ein feiles [includes-article, indefinite, mixed, neuter, nominative, singular], feilen [indefinite, mixed, nominative, plural], keine feilen [includes-article, indefinite, mixed, negative, nominative, plural], eines feilen [genitive, includes-article, indefinite, masculine, mixed, singular], einer feilen [feminine, genitive, includes-article, indefinite, mixed, singular], eines feilen [genitive, includes-article, indefinite, mixed, neuter, singular], feilen [genitive, indefinite, mixed, plural], keiner feilen [genitive, includes-article, indefinite, mixed, negative, plural], einem feilen [dative, includes-article, indefinite, masculine, mixed, singular], einer feilen [dative, feminine, includes-article, indefinite, mixed, singular], einem feilen [dative, includes-article, indefinite, mixed, neuter, singular], feilen [dative, indefinite, mixed, plural], keinen feilen [dative, includes-article, indefinite, mixed, negative, plural], einen feilen [accusative, includes-article, indefinite, masculine, mixed, singular], eine feile [accusative, feminine, includes-article, indefinite, mixed, singular], ein feiles [accusative, includes-article, indefinite, mixed, neuter, singular], feilen [accusative, indefinite, mixed, plural], keine feilen [accusative, includes-article, indefinite, mixed, negative, plural]
  1. (literary, derogatory) venal, capable of being bribed or prostituted Tags: derogatory, literary, not-comparable Synonyms: käuflich, bestechlich
    Sense id: en-feil-de-adj-d9LNGrNZ
  2. (literary, dated) for sale, vendible, purchasable (now at most predicatively with sein, stehen, and in the compounds below) Tags: dated, literary, not-comparable Synonyms: käuflich, verkäuflich, zu (ver)kaufen
    Sense id: en-feil-de-adj-x3xcs6gm Categories (other): German entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of German entries with incorrect language header: 16 53 10 21
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: feilbieten, feilhalten, feilschen, wohlfeil
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: [faɪ̯l] Audio: De-feil.ogg
Rhymes: -aɪ̯l Etymology: See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Etymology templates: {{nonlemma}} See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form. Head templates: {{head|de|verb forms}} feil
  1. singular imperative of feilen Tags: form-of, imperative, singular Form of: feilen
    Sense id: en-feil-de-verb-hfdVDpg4
  2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of feilen Tags: colloquial, first-person, form-of, present, singular Form of: feilen
    Sense id: en-feil-de-verb-~ulvYi~m
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "feilbieten"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "feilhalten"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "feilschen"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "wohlfeil"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
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      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gmh",
        "3": "veile"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle High German veile",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "goh",
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      "expansion": "Old High German feili (“for sale”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "*failī"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-West Germanic *failī",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gem-pro",
        "3": "*falaz"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Germanic *falaz",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "fali"
      },
      "expansion": "Old High German fali",
      "name": "m+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "",
        "3": "ai"
      },
      "expansion": "ai",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "",
        "3": "ei"
      },
      "expansion": "ei",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "",
        "3": "a"
      },
      "expansion": "a",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "goh",
        "2": "",
        "3": "e"
      },
      "expansion": "e",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "veil"
      },
      "expansion": "Dutch veil",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "gem-pro",
        "2": "",
        "3": "*falaz"
      },
      "expansion": "*falaz",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "non",
        "2": "falr"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Norse falr",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nn",
        "2": "fal"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian Nynorsk fal",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "fal"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish fal",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "cu",
        "2": "плѣнъ",
        "3": "",
        "4": "booty"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Church Slavonic плѣнъ (plěnŭ, “booty”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "grc",
        "2": "πωλέω",
        "3": "",
        "4": "sell"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek πωλέω (pōléō, “sell”)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
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        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "strong"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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      ]
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    },
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        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "der feile",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "includes-article",
        "masculine",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "die feile",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "feminine",
        "includes-article",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "das feile",
      "source": "declension",
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        "includes-article",
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "die feilen",
      "source": "declension",
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        "includes-article",
        "nominative",
        "plural",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "des feilen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "genitive",
        "includes-article",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "der feilen",
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        "feminine",
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        "includes-article",
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "des feilen",
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        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "der feilen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "definite",
        "genitive",
        "includes-article",
        "plural",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dem feilen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "includes-article",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "der feilen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "feminine",
        "includes-article",
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dem feilen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "includes-article",
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "den feilen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "definite",
        "includes-article",
        "plural",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "den feilen",
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        "definite",
        "includes-article",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "die feile",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "feminine",
        "includes-article",
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "das feile",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "includes-article",
        "neuter",
        "singular",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "die feilen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "definite",
        "includes-article",
        "plural",
        "weak"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ein feiler",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "includes-article",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "mixed",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eine feile",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "includes-article",
        "indefinite",
        "mixed",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ein feiles",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "indefinite",
        "mixed",
        "neuter",
        "nominative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "feilen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "indefinite",
        "mixed",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keine feilen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "includes-article",
        "indefinite",
        "mixed",
        "negative",
        "nominative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eines feilen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "includes-article",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "mixed",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "einer feilen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "genitive",
        "includes-article",
        "indefinite",
        "mixed",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eines feilen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "includes-article",
        "indefinite",
        "mixed",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "feilen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "indefinite",
        "mixed",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keiner feilen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "genitive",
        "includes-article",
        "indefinite",
        "mixed",
        "negative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "einem feilen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "includes-article",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "mixed",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "einer feilen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
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        "feminine",
        "includes-article",
        "indefinite",
        "mixed",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "einem feilen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "includes-article",
        "indefinite",
        "mixed",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "feilen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "indefinite",
        "mixed",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keinen feilen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "dative",
        "includes-article",
        "indefinite",
        "mixed",
        "negative",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "einen feilen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "includes-article",
        "indefinite",
        "masculine",
        "mixed",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "eine feile",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "feminine",
        "includes-article",
        "indefinite",
        "mixed",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ein feiles",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "includes-article",
        "indefinite",
        "mixed",
        "neuter",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "feilen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "indefinite",
        "mixed",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "keine feilen",
      "source": "declension",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "includes-article",
        "indefinite",
        "mixed",
        "negative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "feil (strong nominative masculine singular feiler, not comparable)",
      "name": "de-adj"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "name": "de-adecl"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "feile Knechte ― venal minions",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "feile Dirnen ― venal harlots",
          "type": "example"
        }
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          "word": "bestechlich"
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      "homophone": "Pfeil (northern and central Germany)"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "venal, capable of being bribed or prostituted"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "venal",
          "venal"
        ],
        [
          "bribe",
          "bribe"
        ],
        [
          "prostitute",
          "prostitute"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary, derogatory) venal, capable of being bribed or prostituted"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "käuflich"
        },
        {
          "word": "bestechlich"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory",
        "literary",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German dated terms",
        "German literary terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "for sale, vendible, purchasable (now at most predicatively with sein, stehen, and in the compounds below)"
      ],
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        [
          "for sale",
          "for sale"
        ],
        [
          "vendible",
          "vendible"
        ],
        [
          "purchasable",
          "purchasable"
        ],
        [
          "sein",
          "sein#German"
        ],
        [
          "stehen",
          "stehen#German"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(literary, dated) for sale, vendible, purchasable (now at most predicatively with sein, stehen, and in the compounds below)"
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "käuflich"
        },
        {
          "word": "verkäuflich"
        },
        {
          "word": "zu (ver)kaufen"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "dated",
        "literary",
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[faɪ̯l]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪ̯l"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "File (general)"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Pfeil (northern and central Germany)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-feil.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/37/De-feil.ogg/De-feil.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/De-feil.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "feil"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "German entries with incorrect language header",
    "German non-lemma forms",
    "German terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "German terms with audio links",
    "German terms with homophones",
    "German verb forms",
    "Rhymes:German/aɪ̯l",
    "Rhymes:German/aɪ̯l/1 syllable"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.",
      "name": "nonlemma"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "verb forms"
      },
      "expansion": "feil",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "German",
  "lang_code": "de",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "feilen"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "singular imperative of feilen"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "feilen",
          "feilen#German"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "form-of",
        "imperative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "German colloquialisms"
      ],
      "form_of": [
        {
          "word": "feilen"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "first-person singular present of feilen"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "feilen",
          "feilen#German"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(colloquial) first-person singular present of feilen"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "colloquial",
        "first-person",
        "form-of",
        "present",
        "singular"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[faɪ̯l]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aɪ̯l"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "File (general)"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "Pfeil (northern and central Germany)"
    },
    {
      "audio": "De-feil.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/3/37/De-feil.ogg/De-feil.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/37/De-feil.ogg",
      "text": "Audio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "feil"
}

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