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tegel
tegel
Dutch
Noun
tegel m (plural tegels, diminutive tegeltje n)
Derived terms
- betegelen
- tegeltjeswijsheid
- wandtegel
Anagrams
Swedish
Etymology
Same as Icelandic tigl, Danish tegel, Old English tigele, English tile, Middle Low German tegel, German Ziegel, Latin tegula, a form of tegere (“to cover”) (a roof with tiles), relating to Swedish tak (“roof”) and täcka (“to cover”). Thus, it was first used for roof tiles, later for wall bricks.
Brick building was introduced in Scandinavia with the cathedral in Roskilde, Denmark (started in the 1170s), and later led to the "Brick Gothic" (Backsteingothik) in Scandinavia and Northern Germany.
Pronunciation
Noun
tegel n
- brick (burned clay, the material, used for roof tiles and bricks), tiles
- huset är gjort av tegel
- the house is made of brick
- taket är täckt med tegel
- the roof is covered with (brick, clay) tiles
- huset är gjort av tegel
Declension
Inflection of tegel | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | tegel | teglet | tegel | teglen |
Genitive | tegels | teglets | tegels | teglens |
Related terms
- fasadtegel
- murtegel
- taktegel
- tegelbyggnad
- tegelfasad
- tegelmur
- tegelsten
- tegeltak
References
- tegel in Elof Hellquist, Svensk etymologisk ordbok (1st ed., 1922)