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.

Coordinate terms

• tripel

Anagrams

• bulbed

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

Derived terms

• dubbel en dwars
• dubbel liggen
• Dubbel Wit
• dubbel-cd
• dubbelagent
• dubbelagente
• dubbeldekker
• dubbelganger
• dubbelhartig
• dubbelklik
• dubbelklikken
• dubbelloof
• dubbelop
• dubbelspion
• dubbelspionne
• dubbelster
• dubbeltje
• dubbelzinnig

 

Descendants

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

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

Derived terms

• dubbelfel
• dubbellön

Anagrams

• dubble