sleutel

Meaning

Noun

1. (masculine) a key
2. (masculine) a wrench, a spanner
3. (masculine) a clef

Verb

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

sleutelen

to tinker, to fix

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Concepts

key

🔑

wrench

🔧

clef

spanner

screw wrench

register

screwdriver

🪛

winder

key

🔑

clue

code

damper

heddle

Synonyms

moersleutel

schroefsleutel

Engelse sleutel

loper

🏃

slot

🔒

passe-partout

Translations

clé

🔑

chiave

🔑

chave

🔑

Schlüssel

🔑

clef

llave

🔑

κλειδί

anahtar

🔑

clau

🔑

clavis

🔑

clave

🔑

مفتاح

🔑

clau

enextar

🔑

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈsløː.təl/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle Dutch: slōtel

Inherited from Old Dutch: *slutil

In summary

From Middle Dutch slōtel, sluetel, from Old Dutch *slutil, from Proto-West Germanic *slutil, which is derived from *sleutan (“to close”). Equivalent to sluiten + -el.