ful
Swedish
/fʉːl/
adjective
Definitions
- ugly; of displeasing appearance
- dirty, bad; something contradictory to norms and rules
- prefix indicating a state of low or poor quality: an ironic opposite of fin, "fine, elegant."
Etymology
Inherited from Old Norse fúll inherited from Proto-Germanic *fūlaz (foul, rotten, dirty).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*fūlaz
Gloss
foul, rotten, dirty
Concept
Semantic Field
Food and drink
Ontological Category
Property
Kanji
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Emoji
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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
- Foul German
- Fäule German
- denkfaul German
- faul German
- oberfaul German
- schreibfaul 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
- 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
- vūl Middle High German
- 𐍆𐌿𐌻𐍃 Gothic
- *fūl gmw-pro
- *fūl Old Dutch