faul
German (Berlin)
/faʊ̯l/
adj
Definitions
- rotten
- lazy
Etymology
Inherited from Middle High German vūl inherited from Old High German fūl inherited from *fūl inherited from Proto-Germanic *fūlaz (foul, rotten, dirty) inherited from Proto-Indo-European *pū- (be rotten, putrid).
Origin
Proto-Indo-European
*pū-
Gloss
be rotten, putrid
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- afoul English
- antifoul English
- befoul English
- filth English
- foul English
- foulable English
- foulbrood English
- fouler English
- fouleth English
- foulish English
- foully English
- foulmouth English
- foulmouthed English
- foulness English
- foulsome English
- nonfoul English
- overfoul English
- Faulfliege German
- Faulheit German
- Faulpelz German
- Fliege German
- Foul German
- Fäule German
- Pelz German
- Zahnfäule German
- denken German
- denkfaul German
- oberfaul German
- schreiben German
- schreibfaul German
- stinken German
- stinkfaul German
- huisvuil Dutch, Flemish
- vuil Dutch, Flemish
- vuilbak Dutch, Flemish
- vuile ziekte Dutch, Flemish
- vuiligheid Dutch, Flemish
- vuilnis Dutch, Flemish
- vuilzak Dutch, Flemish
- zwerfvuil Dutch, Flemish
- *puH- Proto-Indo-European
- *pū- Proto-Indo-European
- ful Norwegian Bokmål
- *fūlaz Proto-Germanic
- *fūlijaną Proto-Germanic
- *fūlą Proto-Germanic
- foula Swedish
- ful Swedish
- faul Polish
- ful Norwegian Nynorsk
- fūl Old English
- foul Middle English
- fúll Old Norse
- ful Danish
- fúll Icelandic
- vuul Middle Dutch
- fūl Old High German
- vuil Afrikaans
- fūle Middle High German
- vūl Middle High German
- 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐍃 Gothic
- *fūl gmw-pro
- *fūl Old Dutch
- baul Cimbrian
- dorboilan Cimbrian
- faul Hunsrik