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dubbel

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English

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Noun

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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

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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dubbel (not comparable)

  1. double, twofold
  2. ambivalent
  3. ambiguous

Declension

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Declension 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

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

Swedish

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Etymology

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

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Adjective

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dubbel (not comparable)

  1. double

Declension

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Inflection of dubbel
Indefinite positive comparative superlative1
common singular dubbel
neuter singular dubbelt
plural dubbla
masculine plural2 dubble
Definite positive comparative superlative
masculine singular3 dubble
all dubbla

1 The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
2 Dated or archaic.
3 Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.

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