dubbel

See also: Dubbel

English

Noun

dubbel (plural dubbels)

  1. A kind of strong brown beer, originally from Belgian Trappist monasteries.
    • 2017, Janet Fletcher, Cheese & Beer, page 35:
      Dubbels typically have a rich, complex, malt-centered personality and a copper or caramel color.

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Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch dobbel, from Old French doble, from Latin duplus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdʏ.bəl/
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  • Hyphenation: dub‧bel
  • Rhymes: -ʏbəl

Adjective

dubbel (not comparable)

  1. double, twofold
  2. ambivalent
  3. ambiguous

Inflection
Inflection of dubbel
uninflected dubbel
inflected dubbele
comparative —
positive
predicative/adverbial dubbel
indefinite m./f. sing. dubbele
n. sing. dubbel
plural dubbele
definite dubbele
partitive dubbels

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Descendants
  • Afrikaans: dubbel
  • Negerhollands: dobbel
  • → Caribbean Javanese: dhobel
  • → Indonesian: dobel

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish dobel, dobbell, dubbel, from Old French double, from Latin duplus.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdɵbɛl/
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Adjective

dubbel (not comparable)

  1. double

Declension
Inflection of dubbel
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular dubbel — —
Neuter singular dubbelt — —
Plural dubbla — —
Masculine plural3 dubble — —
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 dubble — —
All dubbla — —
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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