wankel
Dutch
Etymology
From Old Dutch *wankal, from Proto-West Germanic *wankul.
Pronunciation
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Adjective
wankel (comparative wankeler, superlative wankelst)
Inflection
| Inflection 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 | — | |
Anagrams
Middle English
Alternative forms
- wankill
Etymology
From Old English wancol, from Proto-West Germanic *wankul.
Adjective
wankel
- unstable, mutable, tottering, unconstant
- Ðe mereman ... wuneð in wankel stede ðer ðe water sinkeð. — Bestiary, 1300
References
- Middle English Dictionary
- Mayhew and Skeat, A Concise Dictionary of Middle English
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