faul

faul

See also: Faul

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfau̯l]
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

faul m inan

  1. foul (offence in sports)

Declension

Further reading

German

Etymology

From Middle High German vūl, from Old High German fūl, from Proto-West Germanic *fūl, from Proto-Germanic *fūlaz, from Proto-Indo-European *puH-lo-s (rotten, putrid).

Compare Dutch vuil, English foul, Danish ful, Swedish ful. Doublet of Foul.

The sense “lazy” developed in part from the idea of food rotting when lying around, in part from the notion that idleness is morally rotten.

Pronunciation

Adjective

faul (strong nominative masculine singular fauler, comparative fauler, superlative am faulsten)

  1. foul, rotten, rancid
  2. lazy

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • faul”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache[1] (in German)
  • faul” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • faul” in Duden online
  • faul” in OpenThesaurus.de

Anagrams

Hunsrik

Etymology

From Middle High German vūl, from Old High German fūl, from Proto-West Germanic *fūl.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfaʊ̯l/
  • Rhymes: -aʊ̯l
  • Syllabification: faul

Adjective

faul (comparative fauler, superlative faulest)

  1. rotten
    En faules Eu stinkd.
    A rotten egg stinks.
    Die Epple sin schun faul.
    The apples are already rotten.
  2. lazy
    En fauler Kerl.
    A lazy guy.

Declension

Declension of faul (see also Appendix:Hunsrik adjectives)
singular plural
masculine feminine neuter
weak inflection nominative faul faul faul faule
accusative faule faul faul faule
dative faule faule faule faule
strong inflection nominative fauler faule faules faule
accusative faule faule faules faule
dative faulem fauler faulem faule

Further reading

  • Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “faul”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch

Luxembourgish

Etymology

From Middle High German vūl, from Old High German fūl, from Proto-West Germanic *fūl, from Proto-Germanic *fūlaz, from Proto-Indo-European *puH-lo-s (rotten, putrid).

Compare Dutch vuil, English foul, Danish ful, Swedish ful.

Pronunciation

  • (rotten) IPA(key): /fɑʊl/
  • (lazy) IPA(key): /fæːʊl/

Adjective

faul

  1. rotten
  2. lazy

Pitcairn-Norfolk

Etymology

From English fowl.

Noun

faul

  1. chicken; fowl; poultry

Polish

Etymology

    Borrowed from English foul.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /ˈfawl/
    • Audio:(file)
    • Rhymes: -awl
    • Syllabification: faul

    Noun

    faul m inan

    1. (sports) foul (breach of the rules of a game, especially one involving inappropriate contact with an opposing player in order to gain an advantage)
      Hypernym: wykroczenie
    2. foul play (unfair, unethical, or criminal behavior, especially of a malicious or violent nature)
      Hypernym: postępek

    Declension

    Derived terms

    verbs

    Further reading

    • faul”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego[2] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
    • faul”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN[3] (in Polish)
    • faul in PWN's encyclopedia

    Slovak

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /faul/, [ˈfaul]
    • Rhymes: -aul
    • Hyphenation: fa‧ul

    Noun

    faul m inan

    1. (sports) foul

    Declension

    Declension of faul
    (pattern dub)
    singularplural
    nominativefaulfauly
    genitivefaulufaulov
    dativefaulufaulom
    accusativefaulfauly
    locativefaulefauloch
    instrumentalfaulomfaulmi,
    faulami

    Further reading

    • faul”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2026