cirkel

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin circulus.

Noun

cirkel c

  1. circle

Inflection

Declension of cirkel
common
gender
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative cirkel cirklen
cirkelen
cirkler cirklerne
genitive cirkels cirklens
cirkelens
cirklers cirklernes

Derived terms

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsɪr.kəl/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: cir‧kel

Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch cirkel, from Latin circulus or Old French cercle, itself from Latin.

Noun

cirkel m (plural cirkels, diminutive cirkeltje n)

  1. circle
    • 1991, Drs. P, “Griekse Tango”, in Compilé sur CD:
      Verleden week bezocht ik voor de eerste maal mijn bovenbuur / Het had te maken met lekkage, naar ik meen, of met de huur / Er hing een levensecht portretje van een cirkel aan de muur / En hij ontpopte zich als vreemde en ascetische figuur
      Last week, I visited my upstairs neighbour for the first time / It had something to do with a leakage, I believe, or with the rent / A lifelike little portrait of a circle hung on the wall / And he turned out to be a strange and ascetic fellow
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Afrikaans: sirkel
  • Caribbean Javanese: sirkel
  • Papiamentu: serkel, cirkel
  • West Frisian: sirkel

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cirkel

  1. inflection of cirkelen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Swedish

Etymology

From Old Swedish cirkil, from Latin circulus.

Pronunciation

  • Audio (Gotland):(file)
  • Rhymes: -²ɪrkɛl
  • Hyphenation: cir‧kel

Noun

cirkel c

  1. (geometry) a circle
  2. a circle (process leading back to its initial point)
    gå i cirklar
    go in circles
  3. a circle (group of people)
    inre cirkel
    inner circle
    studiecirkel
    study circle

Declension

Derived terms

References