faul
Meaning
- foul, rotten, rancid
- lazy
Concepts
slow-going
Synonyms
arbeitsscheu
moderig
vermodert
Schwerfälligkeit
unbeschäftigt
Translations
paresseux
pigro
perezoso
preguiçoso
lui
tembelFrequency
Dialects
Basel-Landschaft
fuul
Basel-Landschaft
fuuläärtig
Basel-Landschaft
fuullächt
Data provided by: Deutsch-Schweizerdeutsches Wörterbuch
Pronounced as (IPA)
/faʊ̯l/
Etymology
In summary
From Middle High German vūl, from Old High German fūl, from Proto-West Germanic *fūl, from Proto-Germanic *fūlaz, from Proto-Indo-European *puH-lo-s (“rotten, putrid”). Compare Dutch vuil, English foul, Danish ful, Swedish ful. Doublet of Foul. The sense “lazy” developed in part from the idea of food rotting when lying around, in part from the notion that idleness is morally rotten.
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