dartel

Meaning

Adj

frisky, frolic, playful, gamesome

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular) inflection of dartelen:
2. (form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular) inflection of dartelen:
3. (form-of, imperative) inflection of dartelen:

dartelen

to frolic, cavort

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Concepts

playful

frolicsome

frisky

mischievous

petulant

frolic

gamesome

frisk

playfully

rollicking

skittish

sportive

wanton

wantonly

friskily

giocoso

larky

fun-loving

airy-fairy

ludibund

bonnie

bright-eyed and bushy-tailed

coltish

enthusiastic

jocose

kittenish

ludic

Synonyms

snaaks

guitig

schelmachtig

olijk

overmoedig

schalks

brooddronken

speels

stoeis

ondeugend

schelms

uitbundig

bronstig

uitgelaten

stoeierig

Translations

schelmisch

übermütig

ausgelassen

schalkhaft

mutwillig

traquinas

malin

brincalhão

pétulant

travesso

verspielt

arteiro

ludique

férié

folâtre

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈdɑr.təl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: dertel

Cognate with Danish: dirre

Cognate with Swedish: darra

In summary

From Middle Dutch dertel, derten; further etymology unclear. Possibly from Proto-Indo-European *dʰerh₃- (“to leap, spring forth”); if so, Germanic relatives would include Danish dirre (“to tremble, quiver”) and Swedish darra.