wankel
Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *wankal, from Proto-West Germanic *wankul.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
wankel (comparative wankeler, superlative wankelst)
Declension
| Declension of wankel | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | wankel | |||
| inflected | wankele | |||
| comparative | wankeler | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | wankel | wankeler | het wankelst het wankelste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | wankele | wankelere | wankelste |
| n. sing. | wankel | wankeler | wankelste | |
| plural | wankele | wankelere | wankelste | |
| definite | wankele | wankelere | wankelste | |
| partitive | wankels | wankelers | — | |
Verb
wankel
- inflection of wankelen:
- first-person singular present indicative
- (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
- imperative
Anagrams
Middle English
Alternative forms
Etymology
Inherited from Old English wancol, from Proto-West Germanic *wankul.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈwankəl/
Adjective
wankel
- (rare) unstable, mutable, tottering, unconstant
- Ðe mereman ... wuneð in wankel stede ðer ðe water sinkeð. — Bestiary, 1300
Descendants
References
- “wankel, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
- Mayhew, A[nthony] L.; Skeat, Walter W. (1888), “Wankel, adj.”, in A concise dictionary of Middle English from A.D. 1150 to 1580[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 250.