sleutel

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Etymology[edit]

From Dutch sleutel, from Middle Dutch slōtel, sluetel, from Old Dutch *slutil, from Proto-West Germanic *slutil.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈslɪø.təl/
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Noun[edit]

sleutel (plural sleutels, diminutive sleuteltjie)

  1. key (tool for locking and unlocking; something that unlocks)
  2. (music) clef

Dutch[edit]

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Pronunciation[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From Middle Dutch slōtel, sluetel, from Old Dutch *slutil, from Proto-West Germanic *slutil, which is derived from *sleutan (“to close”). Equivalent to sluiten +‎ -el.

Noun[edit]

sleutel m (plural sleutels, diminutive sleuteltje n)

  1. A key.
    De sleutel van de auto ― The key of the car
    De sleutel tot geluk ― The key to happiness
  2. A wrench, a spanner.
  3. (music) A clef.
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Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

sleutel

  1. inflection of sleutelen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative
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