feil

See also: Feil and féil

Dutch

Alternative forms
  • feyl (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French faille, from Old French faille, from Vulgar Latin *fallita.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fɛi̯l/
  • Hyphenation: feil
  • Rhymes: -ɛi̯l

Noun

feil f (plural feilen, diminutive feiltje n)

  1. (archaic) error
    Synonyms: fout, gebrek
  2. (obsolete) shortage, lack
    Synonyms: gebrek, tekort

Derived terms

German

Etymology

From Middle High German veil, veile, from a conflation of Old High German feili ("good, trusty"; from Proto-Germanic *failijaz) and fali ("venal, for-sale"; from Proto-Germanic *faliz). Cognate with Dutch veil and Old Norse falr (> Danish, Norwegian, Swedish fal). Another cognates include Ancient Greek πωλέω (pōléō, “sell”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [faɪ̯l]
  • Rhymes: -aɪ̯l

Adjective

feil (not comparable)

  1. vendible, for sale (often used in constructions such as feil halten, feil stehen)

Declension
Declension of feil
number & gender singular plural
masculine feminine neuter all genders
predicative er ist feil sie ist feil es ist feil sie sind feil
strong declension
(without article)		 nominative feiler feile feiles feile
genitive feilen feiler feilen feiler
dative feilem feiler feilem feilen
accusative feilen feile feiles feile
weak declension
(with definite article)		 nominative der feile die feile das feile die feilen
genitive des feilen der feilen des feilen der feilen
dative dem feilen der feilen dem feilen den feilen
accusative den feilen die feile das feile die feilen
mixed declension
(with indefinite article)		 nominative ein feiler eine feile ein feiles (keine) feilen
genitive eines feilen einer feilen eines feilen (keiner) feilen
dative einem feilen einer feilen einem feilen (keinen) feilen
accusative einen feilen eine feile ein feiles (keine) feilen

Derived terms

Further reading
  • feil in Duden online

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle Low German feil, fēl, which is borrowed from Old French faille, which is derived from Latin fallō. Cognate with Danish fejl, Swedish fel, German Fehler and English fail.[1]. Adverb and adjective derived from the noun.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fæɪl/

Adjective

feil (indeclinable)

  1. wrong

Adverb

feil

  1. wrong

Noun

feil m (definite singular feilen, indefinite plural feil, definite plural feila or feilene)

  1. error, mistake

Derived terms

Further reading

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Middle Low German [Term?], from French faille.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fæɪl/

Noun

feil m (definite singular feilen, indefinite plural feil, definite plural feila)

  1. error, mistake

Adjective

feil (indeclinable)

  1. wrong

Adverb

feil

  1. wrong

Derived terms

References
  1. Alf Torp, "Nynorsk Etymologisk Ordbok", Oslo 1992 (reprint), →ISBN

Old Irish

Verb

feil

  1. Alternative form of fil

Volapük

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [feˈil]

Proper noun

feil

  1. tilth

Declension
    declension of feil
singular
nominative feil
genitive feila
dative feile
accusative feili
predicative feilu
vocative o feil!

Derived terms
  • feilan
  • feilanik
  • feilaläned
  • feilam
  • feilav
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