eitel
Meaning
- vain (overly proud of oneself, especially one’s outer appearance)
- vain; void; futile (having no value or effect)
- (dated, formal, uninflected) genuine; pure
- (dated, uninflected) only; nothing but
- (dialectal) empty
Concepts
Synonyms
gefallsüchtig
selbstdarstellerisch
für nichts und wieder nichts
für den Arsch
Translations
vanitoso
vanidoso
ijdel
vaidoso
vaniteux
vanitósFrequency
Dialects
Basel-Landschaft
fratzig
Basel-Landschaft
ytel
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈaɪ̯təl/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German ītel (“empty, void, vain”), from Old High German ītal (“empty”), from Proto-Germanic *īdalaz. Cognate with Luxembourgish eidel (“empty”), Dutch ijdel (“vain”), English idle.
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